Lonnie Alexander "Lon" Simmons was an American sports announcer, best known for his play-by-play broadcasts of San Francisco Giants baseball and San Francisco 49ers football.
16 Facts About Lon Simmons
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Lon Simmons first announced baseball for a semipro league in Marysville, California.
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In 1958, Lon Simmons took over as play-by-play announcer on 49ers radio broadcasts, paired with former 49er Gordy Soltau.
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Lon Simmons returned to the Giants in 1976 as second announcer behind Michaels, then was the lead announcer again in 1977 and 1978, teaming with San Francisco native Joe Angel.
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Lon Simmons remained part of the A's radio team through the 1995 season.
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Lon Simmons was thus able to announce to his radio audience that the A's had won the World Series over Lon Simmons' former team, the Giants.
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When KGO acquired the 49ers radio rights in 1987, Simmons returned as the play-by-play announcer and was reunited with long-time colleague, Wayne Walker.
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Lon Simmons' call of the 49ers' Super Bowl game-winning drive can be heard on the NFL Films highlights package of the game.
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Lon Simmons was replaced in the play-by-play spot by Joe Starkey, the long-time announcer for the University of California Golden Bears and sideline reporter on 49ers games in 1987 and 1988; Starkey had taken over play-by-play on several October games during the 1988 season.
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Lon Simmons initially served on a cutter in Hawaii mostly conducting submarine patrols.
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Lon Simmons died on April 5,2015, at his home in Daly City, California.
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Lon Simmons was always there for me in all kinds of situations.
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Lon Simmons was elected to the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame in 2006 as a member of the first class to be inducted.
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In May 2006, Lon Simmons rejoined the San Francisco Giants as a fill-in broadcaster.
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Lon Simmons was hired back to be in the booth during four in-season trips to San Francisco from his home in Maui for the 2006 baseball season.
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Lon Simmons provided voice samples for Sega's Sports Talk video game series, including Sports Talk Baseball, Joe Montana II: Sports Talk Football, NFL Sports Talk Football '93, and NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana.