Tom Kaulukukui
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Biographical details | |
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Born | Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, U.S. | January 22, 1913
Died | March 9, 2007 Kailua, Hawaii, U.S. | (aged 94)
Alma mater | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1934–1937 | Hawaii |
Position(s) | Halfback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1941 | Hawaii |
1946–1950 | Hawaii[a] |
1956–1959 | ʻIolani |
Baseball | |
1941 | Hawaii |
1947–1949 | Hawaii |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1949–1951 | Hawaii |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | Football: 42–19–3 |
Bowls | 3–2 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
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Thomas Kaauwai Kaulukukui (January 22, 1913 – March 9, 2007) was an American football player and coach.[1] He served as the head coach at the University of Hawaiʻi in 1941, as co-head coach with Eugene Gill, and from 1946 to 1950.[2] From 1956 to 1959 he served as head coach of ʻIolani preparatory school in Honolulu.[1]
Kaulukukui was a standout college athlete who earned 17 letters in five sports and was the University of Hawaii's first All-American football player. He was nicknamed "Grass Shack" by legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice.[1] His number, #32, is only one of two numbers to have ever been retired by the Hawaii football program.
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Hawaii Rainbows (Independent) (1941) | |||||||||
1941 | Hawaii | 8–1 | |||||||
Hawaii Rainbows (Independent) (1946–1950) | |||||||||
1946 | Hawaii | 8–2 | W Pineapple | ||||||
1947 | Hawaii | 8–5 | W Pineapple | ||||||
1948 | Hawaii | 7–4–1 | L Pineapple | ||||||
1949 | Hawaii | 6–3 | L Pineapple | ||||||
1950 | Hawaii | 5–4–2 | W Pineapple | ||||||
Hawaii: | 42–19–3 | ||||||||
Total: | 42–19–3 |
Notes and references
- ^ Co-head coach with Eugene Gill
- ^ a b c Nakama, Wes (March 10, 2007). "Tommy Kaulukukui, sports legend, 94". The Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
Famed Big Island athlete did it all, then went on to coach at UH, ʻIolani
- ^ "Tom Kaulukukui Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 23, 2006. Retrieved December 1, 2007.
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