Frank Cayou, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frank Cayou

American football player and coach, basketball coach

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1878

Place of Birth: Nebraska, United States

Date of Death: 07-May-1948

Profession: basketball coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Francis Mitchell Cayou (March 7, 1878 – May 7, 1948) an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball.
He served as the head football coach at Wabash College from 1904 to 1907 and at Washington University in St.
Louis from 1908 to 1912, compiling a career college football coaching record of 38–31–4.
He also coached basketball at Washington University from 1908 to 1910 and again from 1911 to 1913, tallying a mark of 25–23.
Cayou was a member of the Omaha tribe and attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and then Dickinson College.
He played football as a quarterback for the Carlisle Indians.
After the close of Carlisle's 1898 season, Cayou and Eddie Rogers played for Dickinson College, where they were enrolled in law school, in their Thanksgiving Day loss versus Penn State.
He also played quarterback and running back for Illinois Fighting Illini and was noted for his speed that was displayed on a 95-yard kickoff return versus Purdue.
Cayou also set the Illinois Fighting Illini track record in the 220-yard dash, clocking in at 22 3/5 sec, before bettering it with a 22 sec run.
Cayou served as captain of the Illinois track team in 1902 when elected captain, O.C.
Bell, fell ill.Cayou also served as chief of the Omaha tribe.