Dave Gammon Sr.

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Dave Gammon Sr.
School: Benson Graduation Year: 1935

Year Inducted: 2018

Sports Played: Football, Soccer, Baseball, Track and Field

High School Honors: 3 Football letters, 1st Team All-PIL running back as a Senior.

Captain of the Portland High School Championship Soccer team, All-City.

1 Track & Field letter.

2 Baseball letters, pitched on summer team in City League.

Student Body President his Junior year; graduated at 16 years old.

Post High School Career: Football letterman at U of Oregon as fullback, quarterback and punter; Bachelor’s Degree at U of O and Master’s Degree at Lewis & Clark College. Coached Football at North Powder High School in the early 1950s. Retired after 35 years with Pennzoil Co. Died in 1993 at age 76.

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