Jimmie Cain
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| Position: | Halfback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | September 5, 1912 Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died: | August 26, 2007 (age 94) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S. |
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight: | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Holdenville |
| College: | Washington |
| NFL draft: | 1937 / Round: 6 / Pick: Boston Shamrocks / Washington Redskins |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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James McEvilly Cain (September 5, 1912 – August 26, 2007) was an American football player and official.
Growing up in
Cain later worked as a
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.[5][6]
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.[5]
References
- ^ "Francis Leads Players' 'Team'". Salt Lake Tribune. 1937-01-06.
- ^ "1937 Washington Redskins". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
- ^ "1937 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ^ a b "Football". State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Of Absent Friends" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. 2007. p. 10.