Frank Cavanaugh (American football), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frank Cavanaugh (American football)

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1876

Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 29-Aug-1933

Profession: head coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Frank W.
"The Iron Major" Cavanaugh (April 28, 1876 – August 29, 1933) was an American football player and coach.
He served as the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati (1898), the College of the Holy Cross (1903–1905), Dartmouth College (1911–1916), the University of Nebraska Omaha (1919), Boston College (1919–1926) and Fordham University (1927–1932), compiling a career college football record of 148–50–18.
Cavanaugh was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and played football as an end at Dartmouth from 1896 to 1897.
He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954. At the time of his death, Cavanaugh was broke and blind.
He warned fellow coach and former player Joe McKenney "Get out of coaching while you can.
The end of every coaching career is disaster."He was played by Pat O'Brien in the 1943 RKO film The Iron Major.