Otho Addison "Doc" Gorman (July 23, 1893 – September 22, 1938) was a professional

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player during the early 1920s. He played in the

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, in

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and

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, for the

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. Gorman also played halfback at the college level for St. Louis University. Gorman also played football in 1920 with the

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Evansville Ex-Collegians. When

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established his Crimson Giants in 1921, many of the Ex-Collegians, including Gorman, stayed loyal to Ex-Collegians manager

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. However once Fausch gained the only lease to

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, the city's only football field, Gorman became the first Ex-Collegians, outside of Fausch and Mark Ingle, to join the team. Outside of pro football, Gorman worked as a

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gorman, Doc 1893 births 1938 deaths American dentists Evansville Crimson Giants players Evansville Ex-Collegians players Saint Louis Billikens football players Players of American football from Illinois Sportspeople from Sangamon County, Illinois 20th-century dentists