Ralph Simmons’ career in sport started in high school with track and field. He was a member of the Bridgewater High School team that won the first ever Acadia Relay Championship in 1926 and subsequently in 1927 and 1928. He was invited to train with the Canadian Olympic team in Toronto in 1930.

Simmons also excelled in both hockey and baseball. By the time he reached his 30’s Simmons had decided to turn to curling. In 1948, 1949 and 1950 his team won the Maritime Branch Junior Championships. He was also a three time British Consols winner, playing his first Brier in 1950 in Vancouver. He also skipped for teams in the 1953 and 1957 Briers.

He was president of the Bridgewater Curling Club in 1954-55 and was president of the Nova Scotia Curling Association in 1975-77. Ralph Simmons was elected to the elite Governor Generals Curling Club in 1980 and was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame 1995.