Frank Cavanaugh (American football)

Frank Cavanaugh

Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	April 28, 1876 Worcester, Massachusetts
Died	August 29, 1933 (aged 57) Marshfield, Massachusetts
Playing career
1896–1897	Dartmouth
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1898	Cincinnati
1898–1902	Denver Athletic Club
1903–1905	Holy Cross (MA)
1909–1910	Worcester Academy (MA)
1911–1916	Dartmouth
1919–1926	Boston College
1927–1932	Fordham
Head coaching record
Overall	145–48–17 (college)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1954 (profile)

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), Boston College (1919–1926), and Fordham University (1927–1932), compiling a career college football record of 145–48–17. 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."^[1]

He was played by Pat O'Brien in the 1943 RKO film The Iron Major.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Cincinnati (Independent) (1898)
1898	Cincinnati	5–1–3
Cincinnati:		5–1–3
Holy Cross Crusaders (Independent) (1903–1905)
1903	Holy Cross	8–2
1904	Holy Cross	2–5–2
1905	Holy Cross	6–3
Holy Cross:		16–10–2
Dartmouth (Independent) (1911–1916)
1911	Dartmouth	8–2
1912	Dartmouth	7–2
1913	Dartmouth	7–1
1914	Dartmouth	8–1
1915	Dartmouth	7–1–1
1916	Dartmouth	5–2–2
Dartmouth:		42–9–3
Boston College Eagles (Independent) (1919–1926)
1919	Boston College	5–3
1920	Boston College	8–0
1921	Boston College	4–3–1
1922	Boston College	6–2–1
1923	Boston College	7–1–1
1924	Boston College	6–3
1925	Boston College	6–2
1926	Boston College	6–0–2
Boston College:		48–14–5
Fordham Rams (Independent) (1927–1932)
1927	Fordham	3–5
1928	Fordham	4–5
1929	Fordham	7–0–2
1930	Fordham	8–1
1931	Fordham	6–1–2
1932	Fordham	6–2
Fordham:		34–14–4
Total:		145–48–17

Published works

• Inside Football (1919)

References

1. Reid Oslin, Doug Flutie (2004). Tales from the Boston College Sideline. Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 1-58261-546-2.

External links

• Frank Cavanaugh at the College Football Hall of Fame
• Frank Cavanaugh at the College Football Data Warehouse
• The Iron Major at the Internet Movie Database