Bill Gorman
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Charles Gorman | ||
| Date of birth | 13 July 1911 | ||
| Place of birth | County Sligo, Ireland | ||
| Date of death | December 1978 (aged 67) | ||
| Place of death | Bury, England | ||
| Playing position | Full-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ?–1936 | Shettleston | ||
| 1936–1938 | Bury | 52 | (0) |
| 1938–1950 | Brentford | 128 | (0) |
| 1940–1941 | → Bury (guest) | 14 | (0) |
| 1941 | → Manchester United (guest) | 2 | (0) |
| 1943–1944 | → Bolton Wanderers (guest) | 34 | (1) |
| 1943–1944 | → Liverpool (guest) | 1 | (0) |
| 1944–1945 | → Bury (guest) | 29 | (0) |
| 1950–1952 | Deal Town | ||
| National team | |||
| 1936–1947 | Ireland (FAI) | 13 | (0) |
| 1946–1948 | Ireland (IFA) | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1950–1955 | Deal Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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William Charles Gorman (13 July 1911 - December 1978), commonly referred to as Bill Gorman, was an Irish footballer who played for, among others, Bury and Brentford. Gorman was a dual internationalist who also played for both Ireland teams - the FAI XI and the IFA XI. In September 1946 Gorman, along with Johnny Carey, actually played for both teams against England within three days of each other. The 11 international caps Gorman won while playing for Bury remain a club record.
Although born in County Sligo, Gorman was raised in Scotland and spoke with a Scottish accent. He began his footballing career with junior club Shettleston. An engineer by trade, he went completely bald by the time he was 19 and subsequently became known as Old Naked Brains. In 1936, at the age of 25, Gorman moved south to the English League and joined Bury. Early in the 1938–39 season, Gorman made a £7,000 move to Brentford where he is still talked of as one of the club's greatest ever defenders.
During the Second World War, Gorman continued to play for Brentford in regional leagues. However, he also spent time in Lancashire where he had two spells guesting regularly for Bury. He spent the 1943–44 season guesting at Bolton Wanderers where his team mates included a young Nat Lofthouse. The war also gave Gorman the chance to guest with both Manchester United and Liverpool. In October 1950 he was appointed player-manager of Deal Town of the semi-professional Kent League. He eventually retired as a player in 1952 but as a manager guided Deal to the league title in 1954.
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