Early Life and Education
Eric Simms was born in 1945, the eldest son John (Jack) Simms, a Ullugundy Island man, who came to Karuah to live for a while before moving to La Perouse in Sydney. His mother was born Gwendoline May Cook and became Gwendoline Ping when her mother remarried. He and his sister, Beverley, grew up on the former Aboriginal Reserve at Karuah, raised by his mother and stepfather, Fred Ridgeway, and with six other younger brothers and sisters.
Eric attended Karuah Public School, and Raymond Terrace High School where "he was taught the art of goalkicking by Les Leggatt, sportsmaster".
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