Otis Lamson
 Lamson pictured in Yackety Yack 1908, North Carolina yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 13, 1876 Beetown, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | December 11, 1956 (aged 80) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1904–1905 | Penn |
| 1906 | Massillon Tigers |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1907 | North Carolina |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–4–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Awards | |
| |
Otis Floyd Lamson (September 13, 1876 – December 11, 1956) was an American football player and coach, and also a surgeon.[1]
Early life
Lamson was born in Beetown, Wisconsin, in 1876.[2]
Football career
Lamson served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1907. Prior to his coaching career, Lamson played college football while attending the University of Pennsylvania. He lettered for the Quakers in 1904 and 1905. In 1905, he earned All-American honors from Walter Camp. In 1906, Lamson was hired by the Massillon Tigers to play for the team in the "Ohio League" championship. During that two-game series, a betting scandal involving the Tigers and their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, arose.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Tar Heels (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1907) | |||||||||
| 1907 | North Carolina | 4–4–1 | |||||||
| North Carolina: | 4–4–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 4–4–1 | ||||||||
Medical career
Lamson graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1907, after which he practiced medicine in Seattle for 41 years, until his retirement in 1952.
References
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ The National cyclopaedia of American biography: being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, Volume 44
- Newspapers.com.
- Newspapers.com.
- Newspapers.com.
Additional sources
- "Blondy Wallace and the Biggest Football Scandal Ever" (PDF). PFRA Annual. 5. Professional Football Researchers Association: 1–16. 1984. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 18, 2010.
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