footnote in football history, despite his achievements as the forward-pass pioneer." Driver concluded his column writing, "So there you have it, sports fans – a quickie history of the forward pass. Feel free to clip this column and keep it with you. It could help you win a bet, next time you encounter a sports know-it-all who believes the Knute Rockne movie version." Honors and recognition Honors and recognition of Cochems' accomplishments have been slow coming. Cochems was twice nominated to the College Football Hall of Fame, the last time in 1965, but was not elected. Neither was Robinson. In 1967, former St. Louis University publicity director Philip Dynan wrote in his article, "Father of the Forward Pass", that "it's about time that somebody voted Edward B. Cochems into the Football Hall of Fame." But it never happened. Nor has he been inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Even at St. Louis University, Cochems was not inducted into the St. Louis Billiken Hall of Fame until 1994, 18 years after it was established in 1976. He was inducted into the University of Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Madison Sports Hall of Fame in 1968. In December 1999, Cochems was ranked 29th in Sports Illustrated'''s list of the 50 greatest sports figures in Wisconsin history. Since 1994, the St. Louis-Tom Lombardo Chapter of the National Football Foundation has recognized "Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football" with the Eddie Cochems Award. In 2010, Complex magazine ranked Cochems' 1906 St. Louis squad 38th among "The 50 Most Badass College Football Teams" in history. Complex said it chose the teams based on "style, guts, amazing plays, and players and coaches that did things that just hadn't been done before." In 2011, Amy Lamare, writing on Bleacher Report'', named St. Louis' 1906 game at Carroll College one of "The 50 Most Historically Significant Games in College Football." Head coaching record Football See also History of American football References External links 1877 births 1953 deaths 19th-century players of American football American football ends American football halfbacks Sports inventors and innovators Clemson Tigers football coaches Maine Black Bears football coaches North Dakota State Bison football coaches Saint Louis Billikens football coaches Saint Louis Billikens baseball coaches Wisconsin Badgers baseball players Wisconsin Badgers football coaches Wisconsin Badgers football players American twins Twin sportspeople Sportspeople from Madison, Wisconsin People from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Players