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  • Otis Lamson
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  • Otis Floyd Lamson (September 13, 1876 – December 11, 1956) was an American football player and coach. He 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. He was born in Beetown, Wisconsin in 1876.
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EndYear
  • single
Birth Date
  • 1876-09-13
death place
  • Seattle, Washington, United States
Legend
  • no
Name
Type
  • coach
Caption
  • Lamson pictured in Yackety Yack 1908, North Carolina yearbook
Ranking
  • no
Alternative Names
  • Lamson, Otis Floyd; Lamson, Otis F.
Overall
  • 4
Date of Death
  • 1956-12-11
Birth Place
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StartYear
  • 1907
College
death date
  • 1956-12-11
Image size
  • 200
playing teams
Place of Birth
  • Beetown, Wisconsin
Place of death
coaching years
  • 1907
playing years
  • 1906
Career Highlights
  • * Consensus All-American * Ohio League champion
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  • no
Date of Birth
  • 1876-09-13
Short Description
  • American football player and coach
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Year
  • 1907
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  • Otis Floyd Lamson (September 13, 1876 – December 11, 1956) was an American football player and coach. He 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. He was born in Beetown, Wisconsin in 1876. 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 rivial, the Canton Bulldogs, arose.