'FIERCE' GENE FORMAN, LINFIELDER
Linfield grad, former Linfield football player Gene Forman (Linfield College Class of 1967) went on to teach and coach football in Riddle, Oregon. He was raised in Toledo, Washington.
At 6-foot-4 and 250 pounds, he was “fierce,” says a Facebook posting.
In addition to playing football, he also was a baseball pitcher. Driving back to Linfield from a ball game in Portland in August, 1965, he fell asleep. His car, a VW “Bug” rolled and he became a paraplegic
Gene Forman doesn’t want to be an inspiration … he wants to be a coach. Eugene Register-Guard story by Blaine Newnham. Photos by Brian Lanker. Sun., Nov. 2, 1975. Story starts on page 1C and jumps to pages 2C and 3C.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4pF9x-cDGsoC&dat=19751102&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
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