THE BAY AREA RADIO MUSEUM
PRESENTS A TRIBUTE TO
HALL OF FAME BROADCASTER
LON SIMMONS
![Lon Simmons (KSFO Photo, Circa 1960)](https://i0.wp.com/bayarearadio.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/lon-simmons_ksfo_c1960.png?resize=220%2C262&ssl=1)
Lon Simmons
(July 19, 1923 – April 5, 2015)
BARHOF Class of 2006
Legendary broadcaster for the San Francisco Giants,
Oakland Athletics and San Francisco 49ers
Wit, raconteur, golfer, blessed with a set of
pipes sent down from the Heavens
His Big-League Career
1957-1980, 1987-1988 — San Francisco 49ers
1958-73, 1976-78, 1996-2002 — San Francisco Giants
1981-1995 — Oakland Athletics
2003-Present — San Francisco Giants (Emeritus)
THE JOURNEY UP
1954-1956 — Fresno State University (sports play-by-play)
HONORS
2002 — Fresno City Hall of Fame*
2004 — Ford C. Frick Award, National Baseball Hall of Fame
2006 — Inductee, Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame
2006 — Glendale Community College Athletic Hall of Fame*
* — jointly, with Bill Thompson
Lon’s Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Speech
| More Of The Sounds Of Simmons |
Lon was the voice of my childhood. Nothing but class and professional. I just love that deep baritone voice.
What a guy he was. I listened to him doing Giants games all the time. What a pipe, too.