Albert Peter Kawal (July 4, 1912 – January 1, 1990) was an
American football
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and
basketball
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player and coach of football, basketball, and
baseball
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. He served as the head football coach at
Drake University
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(1947–1948),
Temple University
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(1949–1954), and
Southern Illinois University Carbondale (1960–1961), compiling a career
college football
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record of 52–53–6. Kawal was also the head baseball coach at the
University of Tulsa
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in 1964, tallying a mark of 10–12. He played football and basketball at
Northwestern University
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Coaching career
Drake
Kawal got his first head coaching job as the 16th head football coach at
Drake University
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in
Des Moines, Iowa
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and he held that position for two seasons, from 1947 until 1948. His record at Drake was 8–10–1.
Temple
Kawal he was the 15th head football coach at
Temple University
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in
Philadelphia
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and he held that position for six seasons, from 1949 until 1954. His record at Temple was 24–28–3.
Southern Illinois
Kawal was the eighth head football coach at
Southern Illinois University Carbondale and served there four seasons, from 1955 until 1958. His record at Southern Illinois was 20–15–2.
Southern Illinois Coaching Records
Personal life
Kawal was born on July 4, 1912, in Cicero, Illinois
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, to Peter and Martha (Yuknis) Kawal. On April 28, 1936, in Boston
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, he married Almyra P Wilcox (died August 26, 1951). On January 1, 1937, their daughter, Martha Allison Kawal (died September 9, 2011), was born in Boston. In 1952 he married Mary Louise Clifford (died July 30, 1999). He and Mary retired to Florida
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in the early 1970s. Kawal died on January 1, 1990, in Safety Harbor, Florida
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History
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.
Head coaching record
Football
References
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