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Tony Caia ('50) was one of PMC's finest football players from 1946-50. After serving as a medic in World War II, he came to PMC as a running back and set a school record of five touchdowns in one game against Swarthmore in 1948. That record helped him win the Maxwell Club Award for the top performance in the East that week and it stood until 1972, when Billy "White Shoes" Johnson broke the record with six touchdowns against St. John's. Caia finished the 1948 season by leading PMC to an 8-1 record — its best season in program history since 1934 when the Cadets went 7-0-2 — and becoming the program's second All-American. After graduating from PMC, Caia coached football for 55 years and taught special education. Born in 1923 in Milmont Park, Caia passed away in 2012.
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