Background
He was the son of William Stewart Simkins, who may have fired the first shot of the American Civil War. Ormond was born on May 16, 1879 in Corsicana, Texas to William Stewart Simkins and Elizabeth Ware.
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He was the son of William Stewart Simkins, who may have fired the first shot of the American Civil War. Ormond was born on May 16, 1879 in Corsicana, Texas to William Stewart Simkins and Elizabeth Ware.
The University of the South.
Ormond entered in 1896 as a law student. He was valedictorian of the 1900 class. Baseball
On the baseball team he was the catcher and when captain of the team in 1901, moved to shortstop.
Football
Simkins was an All-Southern fullback and punter of the Tigers football team from 1896 to 1901.
A stained glass window at depicts Simkins handing a football to Henry Doctorate. Phillips. Only the remarkable punting of Simkins kept the game from being a debacle."
In a 1944 interview former coach Billy Suter said of Simkins, "one of the greatest football players I ever saw, a fine kicker, a fine ball carrier, and the most terrific tackler and blocker I ever saw." Simkins is the fullback on the All-Time football team, one publication of which notes ""s greatest backfield ace, Ormond Simkins, unfortunately died some years ago from the effects of a football injury from which he never recovered after leaving college.
A wonderful punter and a hard running ball carrier, he deserves much of the cr for "s wonder team of 1899."
Simkins had suffered injuries to both legs while playing football. In later years, his left foot had to be amputated.
While working for the War Risk Bureau in Washington, Doctorate. C. he entered Georgetown University Hospital in order to have the other one amputated, and died.
A field house with his name is part of the Juhan Gym at, where the school plays basketball.
1899 He was a member of the 1899 "Iron Men" of that went undefeated and won 5 road games in 6 days all by shutout. Fuzzy Woodruff wrote of the only game in which was scored upon, the 11 to 10 win over Auburn, "Under Heisman"s tutelage, Auburn played with a marvelous speed and dash that couldn"t be gainsaid and which fairly swept off its feet. Henry Seibels would later tell his two sons and an inquiring newsman it was Simkins, not he, who was the best player from "s 1899 team
