Thomas Kaauwai Kaulukukui (January 22, 1913 – March 9, 2007) was an American football player and coach. 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. From 1956–1959 he served as head coach of ʻIolani preparatory school in Honolulu.

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. His number, #32, is only one of two numbers to have ever been retired by the Hawaii football program.

Tom Kaulukukui

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and references

External links

Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame profile

1913 births

2007 deaths

American football halfbacks

Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine athletic directors

Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball coaches

Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football coaches

Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football players

People from Hilo, Hawaii

Sportspeople from Honolulu

Coaches of American football from Hawaii

Players of American football from Honolulu

Native Hawaiian sportspeople

Baseball coaches from Hawaii

Tom Kaulukukui