Charles E. Cassidy (September 11, 1901 – May 27, 1972) was a

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

and lacrosse player for the

Cornell Big Red The Cornell Big Red is the informal name of the sports teams, and other competitive teams, that represent Cornell University, located in Ithaca, New York. The university sponsors 37 varsity sports, as well as numerous intramural and club team ...

, inducted into the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame. After graduation, he served as Attorney General for the Territory of Hawaii and U.S. Commissioner after Hawaii became a state. He was a justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court from October 5, 1959, to May 8, 1967.

Cornell

Born in San Francisco, California to John Cassidy and Eliza (Emmes) Cassidy, Cassidy attended Cornell University.Hawaii Supreme Court, ''Annual Report of the Chief Justice to the Legislature on the Business of the Department and the Administration of Justice'' (1963), p. 35. He was a prominent end and

fullback Fullback or Full back may refer to: Sports * A position in various kinds of football, including: ** Full-back (association football), in association football (soccer), a defender playing in a wide position ** Fullback (gridiron football), in Americ ...

for the Cornell Big Red football teams of

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...

, and

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

, in the backfield with

George Pfann George R. Pfann (October 6, 1902 – December 17, 1996) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Cornell University, where he never lost while starring as a quarterback, twice named an All-American. Before gradua ...

Eddie Kaw Edgar Lawrence Kaw (January 18, 1897 – December 13, 1971) was an American football player. He attended Cornell University, where he was a prominent halfback on coach Gil Dobie's Cornell Big Red football team, graduating in 1923. He was a shif ...

, and Floyd Ramsey. Cassidy received an LL.B. from Cornell University in 1925.

Law career

Cassidy began his law career in New York City, moving to Hawaii in 1926 to work for the office of the United States Attorney there.

Personal life

On June 30, 1930, Cassidy married Helen O. Moses, a member of the 1920 United States Olympic swim team.Entries accepted Saturday for Cassidy Memorial show
", ''West Hawaii Today'' (September 27, 2013).

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cassidy, Charles E. 1901 births Justices of the Hawaii Supreme Court American football ends American football fullbacks Cornell Big Red football players 1972 deaths 20th-century American judges