Peter Willis Cawthon was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
10 Facts About Pete Cawthon
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Pete Cawthon served as the athletic director at Texas Tech from 1930 to 1941 and the University of Alabama from 1952 to 1953.
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Pete Cawthon graduated from Houston Central High School in 1917 and went on to attend Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.
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Pete Cawthon lettered in baseball, football, and basketball during his freshman year.
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Pete Cawthon earned four letters his sophomore year and was selected as an All-State halfback.
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In 1923, he moved on to coach at Austin College in Sherman, Texas, where he established the Pete Cawthon Trophy, given annually to an outstanding individual at the school on the basis of athletic participation, leadership, and sportsmanship.
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Pete Cawthon coached at the school through the 1940 season.
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Pete Cawthon served as line coach in football with the Alabama Crimson Tide during the 1942 season.
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From 1952 to 1953, Pete Cawthon served as athletic director at the University of Alabama.
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Pete Cawthon died after a heart attack on December 31,1962, in Sherman, Texas.