Adam Casad

Adam Floy Casad (February 9, 1878 – November 14, 1927) was an American football player and an officer in the United States Army.

Adam Casad

At West Point in 1902
Date of birth	(1878-02-09)February 9, 1878
Place of birth	Delphi, Indiana, US
Date of death	November 14, 1927(1927-11-14) (aged 49)
Place of death	Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, US
Career information
Position(s)	Halfback, Quarterback
US college	Army
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A native of Indiana, Casad grew up in Wichita, Kansas where he graduated from high school in 1896.^[1] He then attended the United States Military Academy where he played at the halfback and quarterback positions for the Army Black Knights football team from 1899 to 1901. He was captain of Army's 1901 team. In announcing Casad's unanimous election as captain, The New York Times reported: "The new Captain is a short sturdily built young man. He stands high in the Class of 1902 and is a general favorite with the whole corps."^[2] In December 1901, Casad was selected by the New York Post as a second-team halfback on its 1901 College Football All-America Team.^[3]

Casad graduated from the Military Academy in June 1902. He was given his diploma by President Theodore Roosevelt, who addressed Casad by his athletic, rather than military, rank: "How do you do, Capt. Casad. I have heard of you before."^[4]

Casad thereafter served for 25 years in the United States Army, attaining the rank of colonel. He was awarded a Distinguished Service Medal for his service as Deputy Chief Ordnance Officer for the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I.^[5][6] He was sent to study at the Army Command and General Staff School in August 1927 and died there in November at age 49.^[5] He was buried at the San Francisco National Cemetery a week later.^[7] Though a lieutenant colonel at the time of his death, he was posthumously advanced to colonel in June 1930 having served temporarily at that rank from January 1918 to June 1920 during World War I.^[8]

References

1. "Adam Floy Casad". Sixtieth Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Newburgh, New York: The Moore Printing Company, Inc. June 12, 1929. pp. 117–120. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
2. "West Point's New Football Captain". The New York Times. West Point. December 18, 1900. p. 10. Retrieved January 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "All American Team: Harvard Football Players in the Majority". Naugatuck Daily News. December 11, 1901. p. 3. Retrieved January 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "President Gives Cadets Diplomas". The New York Times. June 13, 1902. p. 3. Retrieved January 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Adam Floy Casad". Military Times. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
6. George Cullum (1920). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Seeman & Peters. pp. 987–988.
7. "Adam F Casad". U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
8. Biographical register of the officers and graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York since its establishment in 1802: Supplement, 1920–1930. Vol. VII. R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, The Lakeside Press. March 1931. p. 560. Retrieved March 2, 2023.