Pete Cawthon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pete Cawthon

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1898

Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 31-Dec-1962

Profession: basketball coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Pete Cawthon

  • Peter Willis Cawthon (March 24, 1898 – December 31, 1962) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
  • He served as the head football coach at Austin College from 1923 to 1927 and at Texas Technological College—now Texas Tech University—from 1930 to 1940, compiling a career college football coaching record of 99–52–10.
  • Cawthon was the head coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1942 to 1943.
  • He served as the athletic director at Texas Tech from 1930 to 1941 and the University of Alabama from 1952 to 1953.

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