Bob Cremins
Bob Cremins
Just checking if anyone has any information about an amateur fighter named Bob Cremins. He is said to have come in third as a middleweight in the 1930 New York Golden Gloves tournament. I have been unable to verify this claim as of yet. If anyone has any information about him please let me know.
Re: Bob Cremins
You probably mean Bob Cremins, who was my next door neighbor in Pelham Manor when I was a kid. He also did a short stint with the Red Sox and some other things. Here are some excerpts from some links. The last one has a picture and the most info on him.
"For most of those 73 years, the man who delivered the ring to those Golden Gloves shows was Bob Cremins. Cremins, who is three weeks shy of his 94th birthday delivered and set up the ring for more than 40 years until he retired in 1989."
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/spo ... e-1.861574
Wednesday, March 31, 2004, 12:00 AM
Bob Cremins, who once pitched for the Boston Red Sox and provided the ring for the Daily News Golden Gloves for more than 40 years, died quietly in his Pelham Manor home Saturday.
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/spo ... e-1.626766
"Crooked Arm" Cremins faced 24 batters in the major leagues and four of them scored. The lefty pitcher from just outside New York had already met Albert Einstein when he was taken under the wing of Hall of Fame pitcher Iron Man Joe McGinnity. He faced Babe Ruth, had a long career connected with boxing, captained a boat during World War II, went into politics, and became a cartoonist. His sister once beat up a guy. Bob Cremins had quite a colorful life.
He was born Robert Anthony Cremins in Pelham Manor, New York, just outside New York City. The date was February 15, 1906. "My father came from Limerick, Ireland," he told SABR researcher Nick Wilson, "when he was a teenager and he became a great oarsman for the New York Athletic Club. In fact, there were five boys and two girls in the family and we were all athletes. My sister, Sheila, beat up a guy one time."
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/51330572
"For most of those 73 years, the man who delivered the ring to those Golden Gloves shows was Bob Cremins. Cremins, who is three weeks shy of his 94th birthday delivered and set up the ring for more than 40 years until he retired in 1989."
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/spo ... e-1.861574
Wednesday, March 31, 2004, 12:00 AM
Bob Cremins, who once pitched for the Boston Red Sox and provided the ring for the Daily News Golden Gloves for more than 40 years, died quietly in his Pelham Manor home Saturday.
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/spo ... e-1.626766
"Crooked Arm" Cremins faced 24 batters in the major leagues and four of them scored. The lefty pitcher from just outside New York had already met Albert Einstein when he was taken under the wing of Hall of Fame pitcher Iron Man Joe McGinnity. He faced Babe Ruth, had a long career connected with boxing, captained a boat during World War II, went into politics, and became a cartoonist. His sister once beat up a guy. Bob Cremins had quite a colorful life.
He was born Robert Anthony Cremins in Pelham Manor, New York, just outside New York City. The date was February 15, 1906. "My father came from Limerick, Ireland," he told SABR researcher Nick Wilson, "when he was a teenager and he became a great oarsman for the New York Athletic Club. In fact, there were five boys and two girls in the family and we were all athletes. My sister, Sheila, beat up a guy one time."
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/51330572