Eric Desmond Gorman (born 16 August 1942) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who was highly successful in the

West Australian National Football League The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, ...

(WANFL) playing for the

Swan Districts Football Club The Swan Districts Football Club, nicknamed the Swans, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The club is based at Bassendean Oval, in Bassendean, an eastern suburb ...

. He began his career at Swan Districts in 1961 and played for 9 seasons in total to the end of the 1969 season. During his time at the club he played 163 games and kicked a total of 555 goals. Part of the premiership sides in 1962 and 1963, Gorman played at full forward in each grand final. He kicked 9 goals in the 1963 grand final which remains a record in WAFL football. Gorman went on finish as Swan Districts top goal kickier on seven consecutive occasions, with his highest tally being 97 goals in 1965.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gorman, Eric 1942 births Living people Swan Districts Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia