Hall of Fame
Position: Halfback
Years: 1920-1922
Place of Birth: Houston,TX
Date of Birth: Jan 18, 1897
Place of Death: Walnut Creek, CA
Date of Death: Dec 13, 1971
Jersey Number: 13
Height: 5-10
Weight: 168
High School: Minneapolis, MN (West HS)Elsay, IL (Principia School)
A steady pouring rain made a quagmire of Penn's Franklin Field that day in 1921 when the Quakers hosted underdog Cornell. It was to be Eddie Kaw's greatest day in football. The little Cornell halfback slithered and slid through the slime, scoring five of Cornell's six touchdowns as the Big Red handed Penn its worst defeat since the series between the two schools began in 1893. The final score was 41-0. The 5-10, 168- pound Kaw was named an All-American, an honor he won again in 1922. After the victory over Penn, the NEW YORK TIMES correspondent wrote, "There was only one thing more slippery than the mud, and that was the open field running of halfback Eddie Kaw, who was far ahead of any other player on the field... skipped over the ooze and water as if he were running on a cinder track, sidestepping a small lake and a Penn tackler with one and the same motion." Cornell was unbeaten during the 1921 and 1922 seasons, and during Kaw's three- year career the team posted a 22-2 record. Kaw graduated from the School of Architecture in 1925 and became an executive with Fox Films and Pathe News before joining a national dog food company.
