Background
He was born in Newark, New Jersey.
He was born in Newark, New Jersey.
Flushing High School.
He was the second player to enter the National Basketball Association without having played in college, after Tony Kappen. Connie was the brother of professional basketball and baseball player Johnny Simmons.
A 6"8" forward/center from Flushing High School in New York, Simmons played ten seasons (1946-1956) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Boston Celtics, Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks, Syracuse Nationals and Rochester Royals. He averaged 9.8 points per game and 6.2 rebounds per game in his career and was a member of two league championship teams: the 1948 Bullets and the 1955 Nationals.
