Johnny Cain | |
Birth Date: | 17 November 1908 |
Birth Place: | Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
Death Place: | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1930–1932 |
Player Team2: | Alabama |
Player Positions: | Quarterback, fullback |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1933–1934 |
Coach Team2: | Alabama (backfield) |
Coach Years3: | 1935–1936 |
Coach Team3: | Sidney Lanier HS (AL) |
Coach Years4: | 1937–1941 |
Coach Team4: | Southwestern Louisiana |
Coach Years5: | 1946 |
Coach Team5: | Southwestern Louisiana |
Coach Years6: | 1947–1970 |
Coach Team6: | Ole Miss (backfield) |
Coach Years7: | 1971 |
Coach Team7: | Ole Miss (freshmen) |
Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
Coach Years9: | 1942–1944 |
Coach Team9: | Southwestern Louisiana |
Coach Sport10: | Tennis |
Coach Years11: | 1957–1973 |
Coach Team11: | Ole Miss |
Admin Years1: | 1946–1947 |
Admin Team1: | Southwestern Louisiana |
Overall Record: | 33–19–5 (college football) 9–14 (college baseball) |
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Cfbhof Year: | 1973 |
Cfbhof Id: | 1541 |
John Lewis "Hurri" "Sugar" Cain (November 17, 1908 – August 18, 1977) was an American football player, coach of football, baseball, and tennis, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at the University of Alabama, where he was a three-time All-American and a member of the 1930 national championship team that won the Rose Bowl.
Cain served as the head football coach at Southwestern Louisiana Institute, now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, from 1937 to 1941 and in 1946, compiling a record of 33–19–5. He was also the head baseball coach at Southwestern Louisiana from 1942 to 1944. In 1947, Cain moved to the University of Mississippi to serve as backfield coach for the football team under Johnny Vaught. He was also the head tennis coach at Ole Miss from 1957 to 1973. Cain was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1973.
He stood 5'10" and weighed 183 pounds.[1]
Cain was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa at Alabama.
Cain died of leukemia, on August 18, 1977, at Baptist Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.[2]