Biography

Cahill was a quarterback for the great Holy Cross teams of the late 1930's.  During his sophomore season he teamed in the backfield with Bill Osmanski to form one of the Crusaders' most formidable backfields of all-time.  The team was unbeaten that season (8-0-2).  During his junior year, the Crusaders posted an 8-1 record, and when he served as captain during his senior season of 1939, Holy Cross posted a 7-2 record.  In his three varsity seasons, Holy Cross was 23-3-2. After graduation in 1940, Cahill played in the college all star game in which the collegians defeated the New York Giants 16-7. Cahill went into the game and competed 11 straight passes.  He played one season of professional football, playing in 10 games (two starts) with the Chicago Cardinals in 1943.