Ken Kavanaugh

Infobox NFL player
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Name = Ken Kavanaugh


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DateOfBirth = November 23, 1916
Birthplace = Little Rock, Arkansas
DateOfDeath = January 25, 2007
Deathplace = Sarasota, Florida
Height_ft = 6
Height_in = 3
Weight_lbs = 207
Position = E
College = LSU
DraftedYear = 1940
DraftedRound = 3 / Pick 22
Career Highlights = Y
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Awards = 1939 SEC Most Valuable Player
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Records = •Bears – Most career touchdown receptions (50)
•Bears – Most single-season touchdown receptions (13, tied by Dick Gordon in 1970)
•Bears – Highest average gain, career (22.4 yards)
•Bears – Highest average gain, season (25.6 yards in 1947)
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PFR = KavaKe00
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years = 1940-50
teams = Chicago Bears
CollegeHOF = 30042
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Ken Kavanaugh (November 23, 1916-January 25, 2007) was an American football player, coach and scout. He played college football at LSU Tigers, where he was named Most Valuable Player of the Southeastern Conference in 1939. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1963.

After college, Kavanaugh played in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears. His career was interrupted by World War II where he was a pilot in the European theater. He flew 30 missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters.Cite web
url = http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBN_OBIT_KAVANAUGH?SITE=KFWB&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
title = (unknown title – dead link)
accessdate = 2008-08-24
publisher = Associated Pressdead link|date=August 2008] After the war, he continued his career with the Bears. Kavanaugh spent a total of eight seasons in Chicago.

Kavanaugh was hired by the New York Giants in 1955 as an assistant coach. He continued in that position until 1971 when he became a scout for the Giants. He retired from football in 1999.

Kavanaugh died of complications from pneumonia on January 25, 2007 in Sarasota, Florida.Cite web
url = http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=775731
title = LSU, NFL Hall of Famer Ken Kavanaugh, 90, Dies
accessdate = 2008-08-24
author = Michael Eisen
year = January 26, 2007
work = LSUsports.net]

References

External links

* [http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=30042 College Football Hall of fame bio]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2744193 Obituary from ESPN]

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NAME=Kavanaugh, Ken
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=CHOF player, NFL '40s All-Decade Team
DATE OF BIRTH=1916-11-23
PLACE OF BIRTH=Little Rock, Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH=2007-01-25
PLACE OF DEATH=Sarasota, Florida