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Birth name | Thomas Patrick Gorman | ||||||||||||||
Born | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | June 9, 1886||||||||||||||
Died | May 15, 1961 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | (aged 74)||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | athlete, sports writer, ice hockey executive, entrepreneur | ||||||||||||||
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Thomas Patrick Gorman (June 9, 1886 – May 15, 1961), known as "T.P." or "Tommy", was a Canadian ice hockey executive, sports entrepreneur and athlete. Gorman was a founder of the National Hockey League (NHL), won the Stanley Cup seven times as a general manager with four teams, and an Olympic gold medal-winning lacrosse player for Canada.[1]