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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, March 16, 2007

Services Tuesday for acclaimed Isle athlete

 •  Obituaries

Advertiser Staff

Thomas Kaulukukui

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Services will be Tuesday for the late Thomas Kaulukukui, a legendary multisport athlete who was the first University of Hawai'i football player to earn All-America honors.

Kaulukukui died March 9 in Kailua. He was 94.

After a standout career at Hilo High on the Big Island, Kaulukukui attended the University of Hawai'i and was selected to the All-American Board of Football team in 1935. He also served as a coach and athletic director at the university, coached at 'Iolani School, was a founder of Pop Warner football in Hawai'i and served as an Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee.

He is survived by his wife, Felice; children, Carol Malina, Tom Jr. and Donald; and 10 grandchildren.

Visitation is 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kane'ohe Stake Center; service 11 a.m.; private burial at Hawai'i State Veterans Cemetery. Aloha attire. Donations to the Thomas K. Kaulukukui Scholarship Fund, c/o UH Foundation, P.O. Box 11270, Honolulu, HI 96828, or by credit card, online at www.uhf.hawaii.edu/. Arrangements by Borthwick Mortuary.