Ralphal “Rap” Curry Jr., 51, of Upper Darby, hall of fame basketball player, former high school and college coach, teacher, community activist, and longtime athletic director for the William Penn School District in Delaware County, died Friday, July 21, of complications from a heart condition at Penn Presbyterian Hospital.
“Rap was a joyful and charismatic person who made an impact both on the court and in people’s lives,” Don DiJulia, former director of athletics at St. Joseph’s, said in aMr. Curry was inducted into the St. Joseph’s men’s basketball hall of fame in 1999, the Big 5 basketball hall of fame in 2008, and the Delaware County athletes hall of fame in 2013. “He embodied what it was to be a hometown hero,” said his wife, Gina.
“Rap was a remarkable player,” former St. Joseph’s coach John Griffin said, “but an even better leader and person.” At 9, his mother watched him dribble, pass, and shoot the basketball better than anyone else. At 15, he was 6-foot-2 and receiving so many college scholarship offers that his mother had to limit phone calls from coaches to weekends only. He outperformed older players in summer leagues and at blue-chip camps, and was selected to every high school all-star team while leading Penn Wood to the playoffs every year.
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