cfbhof_year player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team cfbdwid sport cfbhof_id birth_date image article_title name
1954 dartmouth 29 august 1933 marshfield , massachusetts 1898 1910 1911 -- 1916 1919 -- 1926 1927 -- 1932 1898 -- 1902 1903 -- 1905 1909 -- worcester , massachusetts end 145 -- 48 -- 17 -lrb- college -rrb- 1896 -- 1897 cincinnati worcester academy -lrb- ma -rrb- dartmouth boston college fordham denver athletic club holy cross -lrb- ma -rrb- 347 football 20068 28 april 1876 frank cavanaugh.jpg frank cavanaugh -lrb- american football -rrb-
 frank cavanaugh
frank cavanaugh -lrb- american football -rrb-

frank w. `` the iron major '' cavanaugh -lrb- april 28 , 1876 -- august 29 , 1933 -rrb- was an american football player and coach .
he served as the head football coach at the university of cincinnati -lrb- 1898 -rrb- , the college of the holy cross -lrb- 1903 -- 1905 -rrb- , dartmouth college -lrb- 1911 -- 1916 -rrb- , boston college -lrb- 1919 -- 1926 -rrb- , and fordham university -lrb- 1927 -- 1932 -rrb- , 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 . ''
he was played by pat o'brien in the 1943 rko film `` the iron major '' .
