Jimmie Cain

Jimmie Cain
Position: Halfback
Personal information
Born: September 5, 1912
Oklahoma
Died: August 26, 2007 (age 94)
Rancho Mirage, California
Career information
College: Washington
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-American, 1936

James M. Cain (September 5, 1912 - August 26, 2007) was an American football player and official.

A native of Oklahoma, Cain moved to the State of Washington to play college football for Jimmy Phelan, coach of the Washington Huskies.[1] Cain played at all three backfield positions for the Huskies from 1934 to 1936 and was selected by Liberty magazine and Pathé News as a first-team halfback on the 1936 College Football All-America Team.[2] Cain was selected by the Washington Redskins in the sixth round (56th overall pick) of the 1937 NFL Draft.[3]

Cain later worked as a Pac-10 football official, serving as referee in two Rose Bowl games and 14 East–West Shrine Games.[4] As referee of the 1949 Rose Bowl, he overruled another official and ruled that Northwestern's Art Murakowski had not fumbled until after crossing the goal line; the controversial call gave Northwestern the winning margin in its 20-14 victory over California.[1][5]

Cain was inducted into the State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame in 1997 and has also been inducted into the University of Washington Athletic Hall of Fame.[4] He died in 2007 at age 94 in Rancho Mirage, California.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dan Raley (September 10, 2007). "Jimmie Cain, 1912-2007: Rose Bowl player and ref; Former Huskies back made 1936 All-America team". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  2. ↑ "Francis Leads Players' 'Team'". Salt Lake Tribune. 1937-01-06.
  3. ↑ "1937 Washington Redskins". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Football". State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame.
  5. ↑ "Of Absent Friends" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. 2007. p. 10.
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