Red Ormsby

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Red Ormsby
Emmett Thomas Ormsby
Height:	6' 2"
Weight:	200
Born:	1895-4-3 at Chicago, IL (US)
Died:	1962-10-11 at Chicago, IL (US)
Interred:	St. Mary Cemetery in Evergreen Park, IL (US)

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Red Ormsby was a professional player and Major League umpire.

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• After retiring as an umpire, Ormsby worked as a scout for the White Sox from 1945 to 1949; he was also a Sergeant with the Chicago Police^[1].
• Ormsby and his wife, Helen, had twelve children. In 1941 he was selected as National Father of the Year by The National Fathers Day Foundation^[2].
• Ormsby was a World War I veteran. An injury received during this service eventually forced his retirement from umpiring^[3].

Sources

• "Ex-Umpire Ormsby Dies Suddenly", pg 55. Oakland Tribune, 1962-10-12.
• http://www.e-2m.com/redormsby/stats.html, retrieved on 2009-07-04.
• http://retrosheet.org/TSNUmpireCards/Ormsby-Emmett.jpg, retrieved on 2009-07-04.

Footnotes

1. ↑ "Former Ump Calls Turn on Strip Curves", pg 2. Waterloo Daily Courier, 1943-12-23.
2. ↑ http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/traveling-culture/chau1/jpg/ormsby/3/2.jpg, retrieved on 2009-07-04.
3. ↑ "Illness Forces Retirement of Red Ormsby", pg 31. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1941-12-25.