Tiny Cahoon

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1900–1973)}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image = Tiny Cahoon 1955.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Cahoon, circa 1955

| number = 10, 30, 40

| position = Tackle

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|5|22}}

| birth_place = Baraboo, Wisconsin, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|2|3|1900|5|22}}

| death_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 235

| high_school = Baraboo (WI)

| college = Montana, Gonzaga

| undraftedyear =

| pastteams = * Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1926}}–{{NFL Year|1929}})

| highlights = * Gonzaga Athletic Hall of Fame (1991){{cite web |url=http://www.gozags.com/sports/c-hallfame/mtt/cahoon_ivan00.html |title=Ivan Cahoon |author= |date= |publisher=Gonzaga University |access-date=December 17, 2009}}

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 31

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 27

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = CahoTi20

}}

Ivan Wells "Tiny" Cahoon (May 22, 1900 – February 3, 1973) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1926 to 1929. He played college football at the University of Montana and at Gonzaga University.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lc0wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=shEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3418%2C1186948 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=UPI |title=Ex-Packer Cahoon dies |date=February 6, 1973 |page=2, part 2}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5HokAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5igEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1801%2C2773629 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |agency=UPI |title=Former Packer, Cahoon, is dead |date=February 6, 1973 |page=8, part 2}}

Biography

Cahoon was born on May 22, 1900, in Baraboo, Wisconsin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CahoTi20.htm|title = Tiny Cahoon Stats| website=Pro-Football-Reference.com }} He played college football under head coach Gus Dorais at Gonzaga, and was part of the school's undefeated team in 1924. After graduating from Gonzaga in 1925, Cahoon taught and coached at Libby High School in Montana for a year,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zcpXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jfQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6505%2C97006 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |title=Miss Grove bride of "Tiny" Cahoon |date=July 1, 1926 |page=6}} then played pro football.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iO5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4160%2C3474863 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |title=Cahoon to join Green Bay club |date=August 24, 1926 |page=14 }}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-fNXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hvYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3326%2C1446067 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |last=Ashlock |first=Herb |title=Tiny Cahoon remembers pro football way back when iron man gridders were once common in the game|date=August 28, 1953 |page=13 }} He was a tackle for the Green Bay Packers for four seasons from 1926 until 1929, when a knee injury ended his playing career. He coached high school football at West De Pere in Wisconsin while a pro player,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8ItQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oiEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5715%2C687769 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |title=Packers sign new players |date=July 22, 1928 |page=3, sports }} moved to Green Bay West High School in 1933, and to Monmouth College in Illinois in 1938.

Cahoon moved to the professional Milwaukee Chiefs, a new team in the American Football League in 1940 and 1941,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y6BQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yyIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4745%2C1509215 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |title=And Tiny Cahoon appreciates it |agency=(photo)|date=October 19, 1941 |page=3, sports }} then entered the United States Army during World War II, and coached football service teams. In 1951, he returned to Gonzaga University as an ROTC instructor.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qV0VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5uUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7055%2C397650 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |title=Once a Gonzaga grid star, then a pro mentor, he's back as ROTC instructor and likes it |date=October 2, 1951 |page=6}}