Editing (section) Frank Gore 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>Early years</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Gore was born in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Miami%2C%20Florida%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Miami%2C%20Florida%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMiami%2C%20Florida%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-12195965765df53a21f13b6" href="/wiki/Miami,_Florida" title="Miami, Florida">Miami, Florida</a>, and grew up in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Coconut%20Grove%2C%20Florida%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Coconut%20Grove%2C%20Miami%2C%20Florida%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCoconut%20Grove%2C%20Miami%2C%20Florida%7CCoconut%20Grove%2C%20Florida%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-12195965765df53a21f13b6" class="new" title="Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQ29jb251dF9Hcm92ZSxfTWlhbWksX0Zsb3JpZGE/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Coconut Grove, Florida</a>. He attended <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Coral%20Gables%20High%20School%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Coral%20Gables%20High%20School%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCoral%20Gables%20High%20School%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-12195965765df53a21f13b6" class="new" title="Coral Gables High School (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQ29yYWxfR2FibGVzX0hpZ2hfU2Nob29sP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Coral Gables High School</a>, where he excelled as a running back. He had two notable record-breaking games. Against <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Miami%20Northwestern%20High%20School%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Miami%20Northwestern%20High%20School%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMiami%20Northwestern%20High%20School%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-12195965765df53a21f13b6" class="new" title="Miami Northwestern High School (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTWlhbWlfTm9ydGh3ZXN0ZXJuX0hpZ2hfU2Nob29sP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Miami Northwestern High School</a>, he had a then career high 293 yards and two touchdowns. In the next game, he broke that record with 319 yards and six touchdowns. During his senior year in 2000, Gore broke several <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Dade%20County%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Miami-Dade%20County%2C%20Florida%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMiami-Dade%20County%2C%20Florida%7CDade%20County%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-12195965765df53a21f13b6" class="new" title="Miami-Dade County, Florida (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTWlhbWktRGFkZV9Db3VudHksX0Zsb3JpZGE/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Dade County</a> single-season records, including rushing yards (2,953) and touchdowns (34).<span data-rte-instance="24816-12195965765df53a21f13b6" 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