Otis Lamson

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Otis Lamson
Career information
Lamson pictured in Yackety Yack 1908, North Carolina yearbook
Date of birth:	(1876-09-13)September 13, 1876
Place of birth:	Beetown, Wisconsin, United States
Date of death:	December 11, 1956(1956-12-11) (aged 80)
Place of death:	Seattle, Washington, United States
College:	Penn
Organizations
As coach:
1907	North Carolina
As player:
1906	Massillon Tigers
Career highlights and awards
Consensus All-American (1905) Ohio League champion (1906)

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.^[1]

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.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall
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

"Blondy Wallace and the Biggest Football Scandal Ever". PFRA Annual (Professional Football Researchers Association) 5: 1–16. 1984.

v t e 1905 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

QB Walter Eckersall QB Guy Hutchinson HB Jack Hubbard HB Daniel Hurley HB Howard Roome HB Henry Torney FB Jim McCormick C Robert Torrey G Francis Burr G Roswell Tripp T Karl Brill T Otis Lamson T Beaton Squires E Mark Catlin E Ralph Glaze E Tom Shevlin

Persondata
Name	Lamson, Otis
Alternative names	Lamson, Otis Floyd; Lamson, Otis F.
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	September 13, 1876
Place of birth	Beetown, Wisconsin
Date of death	December 11, 1956
Place of death	Seattle, Washington

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