Tom Kaulukukui | |
Birth Date: | 22 January 1913 |
Birth Place: | Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, U.S. |
Death Place: | Kailua, Hawaii, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1934–1937 |
Player Team2: | Hawaii |
Player Positions: | Halfback |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1941 |
Coach Team2: | Hawaii |
Coach Years3: | 1946–1950 |
Coach Team3: | Hawaii |
Coach Years4: | 1956–1959 |
Coach Team4: | ʻIolani |
Coach Sport5: | Baseball |
Coach Years6: | 1941 |
Coach Team6: | Hawaii |
Coach Years7: | 1947–1949 |
Coach Team7: | Hawaii |
Admin Years1: | 1949–1951 |
Admin Team1: | Hawaii |
Overall Record: | Football: 42–19–3 |
Bowl Record: | 3–2 |
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Thomas Kaauwai Kaulukukui (January 22, 1913 – March 9, 2007) was an American football player and coach.[1] He served as the head coach at the University of Hawaiʻi in 1941, as co-head coach with Eugene Gill, and from 1946 to 1950.[2] From 1956–1959 he served as head coach of ʻIolani preparatory school in Honolulu.[1]
Kaulukukui was a standout college athlete who earned 17 letters in five sports and was the University of Hawaii's first All-American football player. He was nicknamed "Grass Shack" by legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice.[1] His number, #32, is only one of two numbers to have ever been retired by the Hawaii football program.