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- Cavanaugh played football at Dartmouth as an end from 1896 to 1897. Nicknamed "Cav" and "The Iron Major," he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.
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The Iron Major is a 1943 American biographical film about the famed college football coach and World War I hero, Frank Cavanaugh. Directed by Ray Enright, the screenplay was written by Aben Kandel and Warren Duff, based on Florence E. Cavanaugh's story.
The Iron Major: Directed by Ray Enright. With Pat O'Brien, Ruth Warrick, Robert Ryan, Leon Ames. Coach Frank Cavanaugh returns to college football after World War I, then gradually goes blind.
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- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Ray Enright
- 1944-04-01
Iron Major, The - (Original Trailer) Frank Cavanaugh proves himself as a football coach and a World War I hero in the true story of The Iron Major (1943), starring Pat O'Brien.
- Ray Enright, Melville Burke, Edward Killy
- Pat O'brien
William 'Frank' Cavanaugh is a top football coach who gave up his career to enter WWI where he became a hero. After the war he went back to coaching where he ended up having one of the best winning percentages in football history.
On October 25, 1943, a biographical film about Cavanaugh's life was released by RKO Pictures titled The Iron Major, based on his wife's recollections. The actor Pat O'Brien portrayed Cavanaugh in the main role.
In this biopic, Frank "Cav" Cavanaugh (Pat O'Brien) finds his family in a financial bind and quits Dartmouth, where he was a football star, to take...
- Biography
The Iron Major. The story of Frank Cavanaugh (Pat O'Brien), WWI hero and football coach at Dartmouth, Boston College and Fordham. Ruth Warrick, Robert Ryan, Leon Ames, Russell Wade. Directed...
