Researching Frank Cavanaugh
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 61 people with the Cavanaugh surname? In that year Cavanaugh was ranked number 3518 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Frank means "Form of FRANCIS. (Male) A Free Man" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Frank Cavanaugh on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Frank Cavanaugh and the Cavanaugh Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 27 people with the Cavanaugh surname in the UK? Cavanaugh is now ranked number 4016 for popularity in the UK. |
Cavanaugh Family History Databases
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Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Frank Cavanaugh. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Frank Cavanaugh
Frank Cavanaugh (American football)
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 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.
Cavanaugh was briefly an attorney, but left active practice to return to coaching.
He enlisted in the army in 1917, at 41 years of age. He was later commissioned, by war’s end, a major. He was seriously wounded at the Argonne. Shellfire broke his skull, nose, and a cheek; the injuries contributed to his later blindness.
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 survived by his widow and their nine children.
He was played by Pat O'Brien in the 1943 RKO film The Iron Major.
Source: Frank Cavanaugh (American football), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cavanaugh
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