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Thomas Anthony "Kitty" Gorman was an American college football player and coach. Gorman starred as a prep at St. Philip's in Chicago, Illinois. Gorman played center at University of Notre Dame on the freshman team in 1929 and on the varsity from 1930 to 1933. He was one of the team's two captains in 1933. During the 1933 season, Gorman's father wrote a letter to Notre Dame Vice President John Francis O'Hara, complaining that "[t]here is something radically wrong" with Hunk Anderson's coaching, blaming the younger Gorman for losses. Anderson was fired after the 1933 season, the school's first losing season since 1888.
Michael Richard Koken was an American football player and coach. He played at the quarterback and halfback positions for Notre Dame from 1929 to 1932 and in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Cardinals in 1933. He also coached football at John Caroll University and North Carolina State University and participated in the D-Day landings as a member of the United States Army.
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- ↑ "Conley Lands Coaching Job; Notre Dame Captain to Tutor La Salle College Eleven in Home City". Reading Eagle . Reading, Pennsylvania. January 6, 1931. p. 10. Retrieved May 10, 2015– via Google News.