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Chris Cagle

Halfback

Inducted 1954

Date of Birth

5/1/1905

Birthplace

De Ridder, LA

Schools

United States Military Academy (1926-1929)

University of Louisiana at Lafayette (1922-1925)

Bio

Chris "Red" Cagle played college football eight years. He starred at Louisiana - Lafayette 1922-25, scoring 235 points on touchdowns, extra points and field goals. This was a school record that lasted until 1989. Cagle played four more years for Army 1926-29, and was All-America halfback the last three years. His longest runs were 75 yards against Yale, 1928; 70 yards against Ohio Wesleyan and 65 yards against Yale, 1929. In four years at Army he scored 169 points, averaged 6.4 yards per attempt in rushing and 26.4 yards on kickoff returns. He was team captain at Louisiana - Lafayette in 1925 and Army in 1929. Cagle was a dashing runner who played with the chin strap loose from his helmet, and sometimes without helmet. Louisiana - Lafayette had a 23-11-3 record in his time; Army was 30-8-2 with Cagle. Thus he played in 53 winning games in college. He also played five years in pro football and in 1934 founded the Touchdown Club of New York with Pudge Heffelfinger, John Heisman and Charles Pearson. He died December 26, 1942, in mysterious circumstances. He was found unconscious at the bottom of a subway stair in New York.