Ulysses Curtis

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Ulysses Curtis
Born	(1926-05-10)May 10, 1926 Albion, Michigan
Died	October 6, 2013(2013-10-06) (aged 87) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Position(s)	Running back
College	Florida A&M
Teams
1950-1954	Toronto Argonauts

Ulysses "Crazy Legs" Curtis (May 10, 1926 – October 6, 2013) was a running back in the CFL for the Toronto Argonauts from 1950-1954. He won two Grey Cups with Toronto in 1950 and 1952.

Curtis was the Argonauts' first black player.^[1]

Curtis is sixth on the Argonauts all time career touchdown list with 47 touchdowns, fourth on the Argos all time rushing list with 3,712 yards on 529 carries, second on the Argos all-time list with most yards in a game with 208 yards, and third on the team list of most 100-yard rushing games with 12.^[2]

After retirement from football, Curtis remained in Toronto and raised his family. He owned a cleaning business and later became a teacher and coach in the North York Board of Education. He also helped coach the York University football team in the 1960s.^[3]

He was named to the Toronto Argonauts All-Time Argos List in 2005.^[4]

Curtis died October 6, 2013 in Toronto.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ulysses Curtis opened doors in Toronto — and dashed through". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
↑ Wallace, Craig. "Ulysses Curtis". Argos Heroes. Toronto Argonauts Football Club. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
↑ "Remembering Ulysses Curtis, the first black Argonaut, who went on to educate many". yahoo.com. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
↑ "ULYSSES ‘CRAZY LEGS’ CURTIS & DAVE ‘SUPERMAN’ MANN NAMED TO ALL-TIME ARGO LIST". Toronto Argonauts Football Club. 2005-10-26. Retrieved 2008-04-20.

Notes

v t e Toronto Argonauts 38th Grey Cup Champions

Les Ascott Billy Bass Pete Bennett Fred Black Jake Dunlap Al Dekdebrun Ed Hirsch Frank Gnup Ulysses Curtis Byron Karrys Joe Krol Don McKenzie Lorne Parkin John Kerns Pete Titanic Bill McCormick Johnny Shore Doug Smylie Rod Smylie Ted Toogood Nick Volpe Marv Whaley Jack Wedley Bob Westlake Arnie Stocks Don Scott Head coach: Frank Clair

v t e Toronto Argonauts 40th Grey Cup Champions

Les Ascott Billy Bass Pete Bennett Fred Black Al Bruno Royal Copeland Don Ettinger John Fedosoff Tom Harpley Jack Gray Ulysses Curtis Jack Carpenter Steve Karrys Joe Krol Bob Marshall Don McKenzie Bill O'Connor Lorne Parkin Doug Pyzer Jack Roberts Art Scullion Ed Soergel Doug Smylie Rod Smylie Ted Toogood Nobby Wirkowski Head coach: Frank Clair

External links

Wallace, Craig. "Ulysses Curtis". Argos Heroes. Toronto Argonauts Football Club.
Historical Albion Michigan bio: Ulysses Curtis

Persondata
Name	Curtis, Ulysses
Alternative names
Short description	Player of American and Canadian football
Date of birth	1926-05-10
Place of birth	Albion, Michigan
Date of death	2013-10-06
Place of death	Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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