 Cayou at Wabash, c. 1907 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 7, 1878 Decatur, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | May 7, 1948 (aged 70)[1] Hominy, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1895–1898 | Carlisle |
| 1898 | Dickinson |
| 1899–1901 | Illinois |
| Track and field | |
| 1896–1898 | Carlisle |
| 1899 | Dickinson |
| 1900–1902 | Illinois |
| Position(s) | Quarterback, running back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1902 | Champaign Central HS (IL) |
| 1904–1907 | Wabash |
| 1908–1912 | Washington University |
| 1921–1922 | Great Lakes Naval Station |
| Basketball | |
| 1908–1910 | Washington University |
| 1911–1913 | Washington University |
| Baseball | |
| 1905 | Wabash |
| Track | |
| 1902–1904 | Arcola Fire Department (IL) |
| 1918–1921 | Illinois Athletic Club |
| 1921–1923 | Great Lakes Navy |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 38–30–4 (college football) 25–23 (college basketball) 18–5 (college baseball) |
Francis Mitchell Cayou (March 7, 1878 – May 7, 1948)[2] an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Wabash College from 1904 to 1907 and at Washington University in St. Louis from 1908 to 1912, compiling a career college football coaching record of 38–30–4. He also coached basketball at Washington University from 1908 to 1910 and again from 1911 to 1913, tallying a mark of 25–23. Cayou was a member of the Omaha tribe[3] and attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and then Dickinson College. He played football as a quarterback for the Carlisle Indians. After the close of Carlisle's 1898 season, Cayou and Eddie Rogers played for Dickinson College, where they were enrolled in law school, in their Thanksgiving Day loss versus Penn State.[4] He also played quarterback and running back for Illinois Fighting Illini[5] and was noted for his speed that was displayed on a 95-yard kickoff return versus Purdue.[6] Cayou also set the Illinois Fighting Illini track record in the 220-yard dash, clocking in at 22 3/5 sec,[7] before bettering it with a 22 sec run.[8] Cayou served as captain of the Illinois track team in 1902 when elected captain, O.C. Bell, fell ill.[9]
Cayou, known as Standing Elk,[10] also served as chief of the Omaha tribe.[11]
- ^ Osage County, Oklahoma, Cemeteries: A.J. Powell Cemetery, Sections 36-43
- ^ "Services Held for F.M. Cayou", Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, p. 23, May 10, 1948
- ^ "Indian School Commencement", The Sentinel, Carlisle, PA, p. 3, February 28, 1896
- ^ "Dickinson Badly Defeated by State at Williamsport", Sentinel, Carlisle, PA, p. 3, November 25, 1898
- ^ Illinois Football All-Time Rosters - 1900-1924, retrieved May 24, 2019
- ^ George Huff (November 4, 1900), "Cayou's Run of 95 yards: Illinois beats Purdue in last fifteen minutes", Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL, p. 18
- ^ "Illinois Athletes in Good Form: Track men do good work, Keator and Cayou taking the honors", Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL, p. 19, April 29, 1900
- ^ "Illinois Beaten", Daily Review, Decatur, IL, p. 6, May 13, 1900
- ^ "University of Illinois Alumni Yearbook and Directory of Chicago Men Athletic Edition 1935", Ancestry.com, p. 92
- ^ "Alumnus of School Back of Project", County Democrat-News, Sapulpa, OK, p. 1,4, December 16, 1926
- ^ "Indian Chief is U. of I. Graduate", Times, Streator, IL, p. 8, August 26, 1924