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

American football

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 player during the early 1920s. He played in the National Football League

National Football League

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, in 1921

1921 NFL season

The 1921 APFA season was the 2nd regular season of the National Football League, which was then called the American Professional Football Association....

 and 1922

1922 NFL season

The 1922 NFL season was the 3rd regular season of what was now called National Football League . The NFL fielded 18 teams during the season, including new league teams such as the Milwaukee Badgers, the Oorang Indians, the Racine Legion, and the Toledo Maroons...

, for the Evansville Crimson Giants

Evansville Crimson Giants

The Evansville Crimson Giants were a professional American football team based in Evansville, Indiana and were a part of the National Football League in 1921 and 1922. The Giants home games were played at Bosse Field...

. Gorman also played halfback

Halfback (American football)

A halfback, sometimes referred to as a tailback, is an offensive position in American football, which lines up in the backfield and generally is responsible for carrying the ball on run plays. Historically, from the 1870s through the 1950s, the halfback position was both an offensive and defensive...

 at the college level

College football

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 for St. Louis University.

Gorman also played football in 1920 with the semi-pro

Semi-professional

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 Evansville Ex-Collegians. When Frank Fausch

Frank Fausch

Franklin Leo Fausch was a professional football player-coach for the Evansville Crimson Giants of the National Football League in 1921 and 1922. He was also the owner, co-founder, president and general manager of the Crimson Giants during their brief time in the NFL...

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

Menz Lindsey

Ellis Menzies Lindsey was an attorney as well as a professional football player in the early 1920s. Lindsey was a quarterback for the Evansville Crimson Giants of the National Football League in 1921. He was also a co-manager of the semi-pro Evansville Ex-Collegians in 1920, before joining the...

. However once Fausch gained the only lease to Bosse Field

Bosse Field

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, the city's only football field, Gorman became the first Ex-Collegians, outside of Fausch and Mark Ingle

Mark Ingle

Mark B. Ingle was an attorney as well as a professional football player in the early 1920s. Ingle played in the National Football League in 1921 for the Evansville Crimson Giants. He was also a co-founder of the team, along with Frank Fausch, and served as the team's vice-president.Prior to...

, to join the team.

Outside of pro football, Gorman worked as a dentist

Dentist

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