Sid Gepford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American football player
Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1895
Place of Birth: Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 09-Sep-1924
Profession: American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Sid Gepford
- Sidney "Sunshine" Gepford (December 15, 1895 – September 9, 1924) was an American football halfback who played one season in the American Professional Football Association with the Decatur Staleys.
- He first enrolled at Millikin University before attending Bethany College.
- He attended Stephen Decatur High School in Decatur, Illinois. With the Millikin Big Blue, Gepford played halfback and quarterback.
- In November 1919, he and teammate Roy Adkins joined the Staleys for their game against the Taylorville Independents, which the Staleys won.
- However, the two were exposed by Millikin head coach Norman Wann and banned from Millikin athletics for violating their amateur athlete statuses, though they were allowed to remain in school.
- They permanently joined the Staleys for the remainder of the year and into 1920, with Gepford playing quarterback/halfback for the football team and was a member of the basketball team.
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- Staley in the summer.In 1922, Gepford and Adkins enrolled at Bethany College on the advice of a former Millikin coach.
- As Bethany did not have rules regarding amateur eligibility, the two were also joined by players from the Staleys.
- During a 1923 game against Butler, Gepford suffered a concussion but continued to play.
- Due to the injury, he began experiencing headaches that persisted while he worked at Staley and prepared for his new job as a high school history teacher in Marion, Illinois.
- On September 9, 1924, he committed suicide by gunshot, which his mother attributed to his concussion (chronic traumatic encephalopathy); he is considered one of the first APFA/NFL players to die since the league's formation in 1920 and the first as a result of football-related head injuries.
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