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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton's Cosmo Iacavazzi Selected To College Football Hall Of Fame
May 07, 2002 | Football
May 7, 2002
Princeton, N.J. - Princeton's own Cosmo Iacavazzi was selected by the National Football Foundation as an inductee and member of the 2002 College Football Hall of Fame Class. Chairman Jon F. Hanson and Honors Court Chairman Gene Corrigan announced the former Tiger running back as part of a 13-player class, which will enter the ultimate college football shrine in South Bend, Ind.
A first team All-America in 1964, Iacavazzi was the key component to Princeton's Ivy League dominance in the early 1960s.
A quick and hard-hitting ball carrier, Iacavazzi led the nation in scoring in 1963. A two-time All-Ivy League selection, he was named Co-Most Valuable Player of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference in 1964 and received the Poe-Kazmaier Trophy awarded to the player that best exemplifies loyalty and devotion to Princeton. His teams captured back-to-back Ivy League titles in 1963 and 1964, including a perfect 7-0 senior campaign.
The team captain in 1964, Iacavazzi was named a National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete. After graduating in 1965 with Bachelor's and Master's degrees in aero engineering, he played a season with the New York Jets before becoming a successful entrepreneur and businessman. Possessing a boyhood interest of making airplanes, Iacavazzi turned down recruiting opportunities from Notre Dame, Indiana and Iowa. He felt that receiving a top-notch education in engineering was as important as football, which is why he chose Princeton. Iacavazzi went on to a highly successful non-playing career, becoming an engineer for Boeing Aircraft, vice president of Smith Barney, managing director of William Sword & Company and is currently president of Marjem Management Company.
Iacavazzi joins Terry Beasley (Auburn), George Franck (Minnesota), John Jefferson (Arizona State), Ronnie Lott (USC), Dan Marino (Pittsburgh), Napoleon McCallum (Navy), Reggie McKenzie (Michigan), Randy Rhino (Georgia Tech), Jerry Sisemore (Texas), Gary Spani (Kansas State), Reggie White (Tennessee) and Kellen Winslow (Missouri).
"With so many strong candidates on the ballot, our goal to select a class that represented the many positions in the game as well as different areas of the country was difficult," says Honors Court Chairman Gene Corrigan. "By selecting an extremely talented, diverse group of athletes, I feel we have accomplished our goal."