H. Curt Day, 87; World Horseshoe Champion, Hall of Fame Member

H. Curt Day, 87, a three-time world horseshoe champion and a member of the National Horseshoe Pitchers Hall of Fame, died Dec. 4 at a hospital in Lafayette, Ind. The cause of death was not reported.

Born in Science Hill, Ky., Day grew up on a farm in Indiana. After serving in the Army in Europe during World War II, he spent 30 years working at a General Motors plant, retiring in 1981.

Day ran the local horseshoe pitching league in the 1950s and ‘60s, and the pits at Dorner Park in Frankfort, Ind., are named for him.

He had an 80% ringer average in tournaments and set a record for the highest ringer percentage -- 86.6% -- for a complete tournament in 1966.

In addition to winning the world horseshoe pitching championship in 1966, 1971 and 1974, Day was the Indiana state horseshoe pitching champion in 1955, 1957, 1959-72 and 1974. In 1969, he was inducted into the National Horseshoe Pitchers Hall of Fame.