Curt Day, 87, National Horseshoe Pitching Champ
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Curt Day, a member of the National Horseshoe Pitchers Hall of Fame and a three-time world horseshoe champion, died Saturday in Lafayette, Ind., age 87.
Day captured world titles in 1966, 1971, and 1974, had an 80 percent ringer average in all tournaments, and set a record for the highest ringer percentage of 86.6 percent for a complete tournament in 1966. He won the Indiana state championship 22 times, and was inducted into the National Horseshoe Pitchers Hall of Fame in 1969.
The self-taught Day was known for pitching in the 3/4 reverse position, which he normally performed from the wrong side of the pitch, contradicting commonly accepted form.
Day was listed in the Lincoln Library of Sports, the Guinness Book of World Records, the World Almanac, and Sports Illustrated.
Day ran the local horseshoe pitching league in Frankfort, Ind., in the 1950s and ’60s,and the pits at the city’s Dorner Park were named for him in the 1970s.
