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Tom Cahill (American football)

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Sport(s)
  
Football

c. 1940
  
Niagara


1959–1965
  
Army (freshmen)

Name
  
Tom Cahill

Tom Cahill (American football)

Born
  
October 11, 1919 Fayetteville, New York (
1919-10-11
)

Died
  
October 29, 1992(1992-10-29) (aged 73) Schenectady, New York

1949–1956
  
The Manlius School (NY)

1957–1958
  
River Dell Regional HS (NJ)

Thomas B. Cahill (October 11, 1919 – October 29, 1992) was an American football player and coach who served as the head coach at the United States Military Academy from 1966 to 1973 and at Union College in Schenectady, New York from 1976 to 1979, compiling a career college football record of 51–59–3.

During his tenure as head coach at Army, his teams beat Navy five times. Following the 1966 season, the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award was bestowed upon Cahill. Cahill died on October 29, 1992 in Schenectady after a heart attack.

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