Career
Curtin was born on November 3, 1901 in Hollandtown, Wisconsin. He practiced medicine in Kimberly from 1933 until the time of his death. He died from a heart ailment on March 17, 1963 while vacationing in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Curtin was a star football player for Marquette University in 1923 and 1924.
He split the 1926 NFL season between the Milwaukee Badgers and the Racine Tornadoes.