Wisconsin State Journal, Friday, April 10, 1953
"Eddie Cochems, U.W. Grid Star of '98-'01 Dies; Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Edward B. (Eddie) Cochems, 76, of 206 W. Gorham st., former University of Wisconsin football star who died in a Madison hospital Thursday after a long illness, will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Frautschi funeral home, and at 9:30 in Blessed Sacrament Catholic church.
The Very Rev. R. B. Connolly, O. P., will officiate, and burial will be in Resurrection cemetery. The rosary will be recited in the funeral home at 8 tonight.
Mr. Cochems played on Wisconsin teams from 1898 to 1901, and later served five years as a coach at St. Louis university, where he was credited with being the first football coach to use the forward pass effectively.
A native of Sturgeon Bay, he was a Badger and in 1898-99 and starred as half back 1900 and 1901 [sic]. It was in 1901 that Wisconsin won nine straight games, rolling up 317 points to their opponents' 5.
In his first year at St. Louis, his team swept through the season undefeated. It was then he trained his gridders in the use of the 'projectile' pass, as it was called in those days.
For two years, Cochem-coached teams were the terror of football-dom as he mixed short and long passes to baffle the opposition's backfield. In those days, defensive backfields were set for quick dropkicks, and not the forward pass.
With his wife, the former May Mullen, he celebrated his golden wedding anniversary in August, 1952.
A son, Pfc. David Cochems, was killed in action at Essen, Germany on April 8, 1945 during World War II.
Mr. Cochems had recently been employed by the state.
In the rough and tumble days of football that marked the turn of the century, Mr. Cochems played alongside other Wisconsin greats, including the immortal Pat O'Dea and Albert (Norsky) Larson. In those days, a squad had 15 or 16 players, and a man played until he couldn't get off the ground anymore.
Among his exploits was a memorable return of a Chicago kick-off 100 yards for a touchdown in 1901, when Wisconsin shared the Western Conference championship. In the same game, Larson ran 85 yards and failed to score.
Knute Rockne, famed Notre Dame coach, used to give Mr. Cochems credit for popularizing the forward pass, and Alonzo Staff, former Chicago coach, remembers the trouble Cochems gave his teams while at Wisconsin.
Mr. Cochems was active in the presidential campaigns of Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover.
He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Lowe, Madison; three sons, John and Henry, both of Madison, and Phillip, New York City; three brothers, Dr. Frank Cochems, Denver, Colo.; Carl Cochems, Miami, Fl.; and William, Los Angeles, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Clark Bassett, and Alice Cochems, both of Sturgeon Bay, Mrs. Edward Halstead, living in Michigan; 14 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild."
"Eddie Cochems, U.W. Grid Star of '98-'01 Dies; Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Edward B. (Eddie) Cochems, 76, of 206 W. Gorham st., former University of Wisconsin football star who died in a Madison hospital Thursday after a long illness, will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Frautschi funeral home, and at 9:30 in Blessed Sacrament Catholic church.
The Very Rev. R. B. Connolly, O. P., will officiate, and burial will be in Resurrection cemetery. The rosary will be recited in the funeral home at 8 tonight.
Mr. Cochems played on Wisconsin teams from 1898 to 1901, and later served five years as a coach at St. Louis university, where he was credited with being the first football coach to use the forward pass effectively.
A native of Sturgeon Bay, he was a Badger and in 1898-99 and starred as half back 1900 and 1901 [sic]. It was in 1901 that Wisconsin won nine straight games, rolling up 317 points to their opponents' 5.
In his first year at St. Louis, his team swept through the season undefeated. It was then he trained his gridders in the use of the 'projectile' pass, as it was called in those days.
For two years, Cochem-coached teams were the terror of football-dom as he mixed short and long passes to baffle the opposition's backfield. In those days, defensive backfields were set for quick dropkicks, and not the forward pass.
With his wife, the former May Mullen, he celebrated his golden wedding anniversary in August, 1952.
A son, Pfc. David Cochems, was killed in action at Essen, Germany on April 8, 1945 during World War II.
Mr. Cochems had recently been employed by the state.
In the rough and tumble days of football that marked the turn of the century, Mr. Cochems played alongside other Wisconsin greats, including the immortal Pat O'Dea and Albert (Norsky) Larson. In those days, a squad had 15 or 16 players, and a man played until he couldn't get off the ground anymore.
Among his exploits was a memorable return of a Chicago kick-off 100 yards for a touchdown in 1901, when Wisconsin shared the Western Conference championship. In the same game, Larson ran 85 yards and failed to score.
Knute Rockne, famed Notre Dame coach, used to give Mr. Cochems credit for popularizing the forward pass, and Alonzo Staff, former Chicago coach, remembers the trouble Cochems gave his teams while at Wisconsin.
Mr. Cochems was active in the presidential campaigns of Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover.
He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Lowe, Madison; three sons, John and Henry, both of Madison, and Phillip, New York City; three brothers, Dr. Frank Cochems, Denver, Colo.; Carl Cochems, Miami, Fl.; and William, Los Angeles, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Clark Bassett, and Alice Cochems, both of Sturgeon Bay, Mrs. Edward Halstead, living in Michigan; 14 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild."
Wisconsin State Journal, Friday, April 10, 1953
"Eddie Cochems, U.W. Grid Star of '98-'01 Dies; Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Edward B. (Eddie) Cochems, 76, of 206 W. Gorham st., former University of Wisconsin football star who died in a Madison hospital Thursday after a long illness, will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Frautschi funeral home, and at 9:30 in Blessed Sacrament Catholic church.
The Very Rev. R. B. Connolly, O. P., will officiate, and burial will be in Resurrection cemetery. The rosary will be recited in the funeral home at 8 tonight.
Mr. Cochems played on Wisconsin teams from 1898 to 1901, and later served five years as a coach at St. Louis university, where he was credited with being the first football coach to use the forward pass effectively.
A native of Sturgeon Bay, he was a Badger and in 1898-99 and starred as half back 1900 and 1901 [sic]. It was in 1901 that Wisconsin won nine straight games, rolling up 317 points to their opponents' 5.
In his first year at St. Louis, his team swept through the season undefeated. It was then he trained his gridders in the use of the 'projectile' pass, as it was called in those days.
For two years, Cochem-coached teams were the terror of football-dom as he mixed short and long passes to baffle the opposition's backfield. In those days, defensive backfields were set for quick dropkicks, and not the forward pass.
With his wife, the former May Mullen, he celebrated his golden wedding anniversary in August, 1952.
A son, Pfc. David Cochems, was killed in action at Essen, Germany on April 8, 1945 during World War II.
Mr. Cochems had recently been employed by the state.
In the rough and tumble days of football that marked the turn of the century, Mr. Cochems played alongside other Wisconsin greats, including the immortal Pat O'Dea and Albert (Norsky) Larson. In those days, a squad had 15 or 16 players, and a man played until he couldn't get off the ground anymore.
Among his exploits was a memorable return of a Chicago kick-off 100 yards for a touchdown in 1901, when Wisconsin shared the Western Conference championship. In the same game, Larson ran 85 yards and failed to score.
Knute Rockne, famed Notre Dame coach, used to give Mr. Cochems credit for popularizing the forward pass, and Alonzo Staff, former Chicago coach, remembers the trouble Cochems gave his teams while at Wisconsin.
Mr. Cochems was active in the presidential campaigns of Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover.
He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Lowe, Madison; three sons, John and Henry, both of Madison, and Phillip, New York City; three brothers, Dr. Frank Cochems, Denver, Colo.; Carl Cochems, Miami, Fl.; and William, Los Angeles, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Clark Bassett, and Alice Cochems, both of Sturgeon Bay, Mrs. Edward Halstead, living in Michigan; 14 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild."
"Eddie Cochems, U.W. Grid Star of '98-'01 Dies; Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Edward B. (Eddie) Cochems, 76, of 206 W. Gorham st., former University of Wisconsin football star who died in a Madison hospital Thursday after a long illness, will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Frautschi funeral home, and at 9:30 in Blessed Sacrament Catholic church.
The Very Rev. R. B. Connolly, O. P., will officiate, and burial will be in Resurrection cemetery. The rosary will be recited in the funeral home at 8 tonight.
Mr. Cochems played on Wisconsin teams from 1898 to 1901, and later served five years as a coach at St. Louis university, where he was credited with being the first football coach to use the forward pass effectively.
A native of Sturgeon Bay, he was a Badger and in 1898-99 and starred as half back 1900 and 1901 [sic]. It was in 1901 that Wisconsin won nine straight games, rolling up 317 points to their opponents' 5.
In his first year at St. Louis, his team swept through the season undefeated. It was then he trained his gridders in the use of the 'projectile' pass, as it was called in those days.
For two years, Cochem-coached teams were the terror of football-dom as he mixed short and long passes to baffle the opposition's backfield. In those days, defensive backfields were set for quick dropkicks, and not the forward pass.
With his wife, the former May Mullen, he celebrated his golden wedding anniversary in August, 1952.
A son, Pfc. David Cochems, was killed in action at Essen, Germany on April 8, 1945 during World War II.
Mr. Cochems had recently been employed by the state.
In the rough and tumble days of football that marked the turn of the century, Mr. Cochems played alongside other Wisconsin greats, including the immortal Pat O'Dea and Albert (Norsky) Larson. In those days, a squad had 15 or 16 players, and a man played until he couldn't get off the ground anymore.
Among his exploits was a memorable return of a Chicago kick-off 100 yards for a touchdown in 1901, when Wisconsin shared the Western Conference championship. In the same game, Larson ran 85 yards and failed to score.
Knute Rockne, famed Notre Dame coach, used to give Mr. Cochems credit for popularizing the forward pass, and Alonzo Staff, former Chicago coach, remembers the trouble Cochems gave his teams while at Wisconsin.
Mr. Cochems was active in the presidential campaigns of Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover.
He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Lowe, Madison; three sons, John and Henry, both of Madison, and Phillip, New York City; three brothers, Dr. Frank Cochems, Denver, Colo.; Carl Cochems, Miami, Fl.; and William, Los Angeles, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Clark Bassett, and Alice Cochems, both of Sturgeon Bay, Mrs. Edward Halstead, living in Michigan; 14 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild."
Family Members
Siblings
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Laura Cochems Hahn
1862–1942
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William Cochems
1866–1953
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Dr Frank N. Cochems
1868–1953
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Mary S "May" Cochems Halstead
1868–1954
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Lionne Anna Cochems Reynolds
1870–1919
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Mathias Valentine Cochems
1873–1934
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Henry Cochems
1875–1921
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Carl John Cochems
1877–1954
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Allie Cochems
1881–1962
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Lillian K Cochems Bassett
1883–1962
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