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Harry Simms (other)
Harry Simms may refer to: *Harry Simms (cricketer) (1888–1942), English cricket player *Harry Simms (labor leader) (1911–1932), American labor movement leader See also *Henry Simms (1717–1747), thief and highwayman {{hndis, Simms, Harry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Simms (cricketer)
Harry Lester Simms (31 January 1888 – 9 June 1942) was an English first-class cricketer. Simms was born in Adelaide, Australia but moved to England where he played cricket with Sussex County Cricket Club, Sussex from 1905 until 1913. He also played with Warwickshire County Cricket Club, Warwickshire and the European side based in India. His brother, Royston Simms, Royston, also played first-class cricket for Sussex. References CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Simms, Harry 1888 births 1942 deaths Cricketers from Adelaide English people of Australian descent People educated at Lancing College English cricketers Sussex cricketers Warwickshire cricketers Europeans cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers North v South cricketers Gentlemen cricketers Gentlemen of the South cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers L. G. Robinson's XI cricketers Lord Londesborough's XI cricketers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Simms (labor Leader)
Harry Simms (December 25, 1911 – February 11, 1932), born Harry Simms Hersh, was an American labor leader from Springfield, Massachusetts. He was sent by the National Miners Union to Harlan County, Kentucky during the Harlan County War to organize the mine workers there. On February 10, 1932, Simms was shot near Brush Creek in Knox County, Kentucky by a sheriff's deputy who also worked as a mine guard for the local coal company. Simms died of his wound at Barbourville Hospital the next day. He was memorialized in a ballad, "The Death of Harry Simms" by Aunt Molly Jackson and Jim Garland, and his funeral service at the Bronx Coliseum attracted a crowd of some 20,000 people.Strike Songs of the Depression, by Timothy P. Lynch, page 76 The folk singer Pete Seeger popularized "The Death of Harry Simms" after learning it from Jim Garland at the Newport Folk Festival in the 1960s. Tao Rodríguez-Seeger, Tao Rodriguez Seeger has performed a cover version of the song with the Allegro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |