height_ft death_date birth_date pfr weight_lbs databasefootball death_place years collegehof stats image_size image college name birth_place awards hof teams records position height_in article_title draftedround draftedyear
6 25 january 2007 23 november 1916 kavake00 207 kavanken01 sarasota , florida , u.s. 1940 -- 50 30042 y 200 kenkavanaugh1950bowman.jpg lsu ken kavanaugh little rock , arkansas , u.s. 1939 trophy sec most valuable player 1939 knute rockne memorial 30042 chicago bears • -rrb- • bears -- most single-season touchdown receptions -lrb- 13 bears , tied by dick gordon in 1970 -rrb- • bears -- -- highest average gain , career -lrb- 22.4 yards -rrb- most • bears -- highest average gain , season -lrb- 25.6 career yards in 1947 -rrb- touchdown receptions -lrb- 50 e 3 ken kavanaugh
 3 / pick 22 1940
ken kavanaugh

ken kavanaugh -lrb- november 23 , 1916 -- january 25 , 2007 -rrb- was an american football player , coach and scout .
he played college football at lsu , where he was named most valuable player of the southeastern conference and won the knute rockne memorial trophy in 1939 .
he was elected to the college football hall of fame in 1963 .
after college , kavanaugh played in the national football league for the chicago bears .
his career was interrupted by world war ii where he was a pilot in the european theater .
he flew 30 missions and was awarded the distinguished flying cross and the air medal with four oak leaf clusters .
after the war , he continued his career with the bears .
kavanaugh spent a total of eight seasons in chicago .
kavanaugh was hired by the new york giants in 1955 as an assistant coach .
he continued in that position until 1971 when he became a scout for the giants .
he retired from football in 1999 .
kavanaugh died of complications from pneumonia on january 25 , 2007 in sarasota , florida .
