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David Norman Gill (November 24, 1887 – March 30, 1959) was head coach of the original Ottawa Senators from 1926 to 1931 and a prominent Ottawa sportsman. He won the Stanley Cup in the 1926–27 season. Gill was a member of the War Canoe Club of New Edinburgh as a manager, and played rugby and hockey for that club as well as paddling. He played football for the Ottawa Rough Riders between 1912 and 1923. He died of heart problems on March 30, 1959.