Inductee #6 (2003)
	18 Bryan Gore | CF Hometown: Taloga, OK School: Taloga High School Played from 1983-85 College: Seminole JC and OSU Pro: Minor Leagues (Rangers) Notes: Owns four Traveler records, including pitching wins (18) and hits (135) in a season. Played at Seminole, OSU and made it to Triple-A pro ball with the Rangers as a pitcher.

When you put Bryan Gore's talent and leadership qualities on a team full of superstars like the 1985 club, what you got was probably the most important player in Traveler baseball history.

He was the leader of the program's finest team.

And when you take into account his production at the top of the order, his defense in centerfield and his ability to lockdown opponents on the mound under extreme pressure, what you get is probably the program's most productive all-around player of all-time.

Gore put up huge numbers offensively. He got some of the program's biggest hits and was the best clutch money-pitcher ever, hurling some of the biggest innings in the organization's history. And he did it in styleÖalways firing up his team and intimidating the hell out of the opposition.

The 1985 season was the greatest in Traveler history. The team went 86-12, won a state championship, national regional championship and made a trip to the American Legion World Series. It couldn't have happened without "BG's" fierce drive for winning and one of the most monster individual seasons in the program's near half-century history.

When it came to leadership Bryan Gore has no Traveler rival. Gore had unlimited ability and set many records, but his knack for willing his team to win is what teammates - and surely his opponents - remember most.

Gore's combination of stats are more impressive than any other Traveler.

He owns four single season records that have held firm for over 20 yearsÖmost pitching wins (18), most hits (135), most triples (15) and most at-bats (322). He is third in innings pitched (133) and runs scored (121).

His 1985 season could be argued as the greatest single season by any Traveler.

Bryan was the leadoff hitter for the 1985 Traveler team. He had tremendous ability to get on base and spark a rally by firing his team up in the most unique ways. His teammates looked up to him for that motivation.

During a very explosive pre-game exchange with an opposing team in the zone tournament at Woodward, Gore went to the plate, rolling his pant legs up and telling his team he was going to "show them the way." He deposited the first offering from the pitcher over the right-field fence.

While standing in the box and briefly admiring his blast, BG looked to the Traveler dugout and screamed "Let's go!" Twenty-four runs and two run-rule victories later, the Travelers were in the state tournament.

Bryan's biggest Traveler moment came in the National Regional championship game in 1985 (one step from the World Series). Gore was asked to come in and close the championship game with only 3 innings of pitching eligibility remaining. Gore shutdown the high-powered Gonzales, Louisiana team for three frames, striking out the side in the bottom of the ninth in front of an estimated 5,000 fans in Woodward.

Gore was carried off the field by Traveler fans after his heroics (photo at right).

Gore played at Seminole Junior College out of high school and moved on to Oklahoma State. He finished his career in Triple-A ball, as a pitcher, with the Texas Rangers.

Today Gore lives back in Taloga, but ironically, he coaches one of his old rivals' (Leedey) high school baseball team.

And he does it with the same fire that he brought the Traveler program in the mid-80s.