In the early 1980s, Paul McKee was best
known as the father of Navy pilot Tom McKee who won a record of
$312,000 on the Tic Tac Dough television show. But the elder McKee
was recognized by the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame
for his outstanding record as a football player and coach. After
starring in football, baseball, and basketball at Beaver Falls High
School from 1938 to 1940, Paul was an end on the Syracuse
University football teams of 1941, 1942, and 1946. In 1943 and 1944
he competed at the University of Rochester while serving in the
Marine program. Later in 1944 he played football for the Marines at
Camp Lejeune and in 1945 was named to the Fleet Marine Force
Pacific All Star Team in Hawaii. After completing his college
education, Paul played for the New York Herald-Tribune Football
All Stars in the 1947 game against the New York Giants. During the
1947 and 1948 football seasons, he was a regular offensive end for
the Washington Redskins. The highlight of Paul's career was a game
against the 1947 NFL Champion Chicago Cardinals in which he caught
seven passes from Redskins quarterback Sammy Baugh and scored two
touchdowns. Paul then turned to coaching and was an assistant
football coach at the University of Rochester from 1949 to 1954,
with an interruption for Marine serve in the Korean War. From 1955
to 1959, his combined coaching record at three New York State high
schools was 104-24-4. Paul then served as assistant football coach
and junior varsity baseball coach at Harvard from 1960 to 1963 and
then as director of physical education and athletics at the
Rush-Henrietta School District of Pittsford, New York, where he supervised
93 coaches and teams.
In the early 1980s, Paul McKee was best
known as the father of Navy pilot Tom McKee who won a record of
$312,000 on the Tic Tac Dough television show. But the elder McKee
was recognized by the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame
for his outstanding record as a football player and coach. After
starring in football, baseball, and basketball at Beaver Falls High
School from 1938 to 1940, Paul was an end on the Syracuse
University football teams of 1941, 1942, and 1946. In 1943 and 1944
he competed at the University of Rochester while serving in the
Marine program. Later in 1944 he played football for the Marines at
Camp Lejeune and in 1945 was named to the Fleet Marine Force
Pacific All Star Team in Hawaii. After completing his college
education, Paul played for the New York Herald-Tribune Football
All Stars in the 1947 game against the New York Giants. During the
1947 and 1948 football seasons, he was a regular offensive end for
the Washington Redskins. The highlight of Paul's career was a game
against the 1947 NFL Champion Chicago Cardinals in which he caught
seven passes from Redskins quarterback Sammy Baugh and scored two
touchdowns. Paul then turned to coaching and was an assistant
football coach at the University of Rochester from 1949 to 1954,
with an interruption for Marine serve in the Korean War. From 1955
to 1959, his combined coaching record at three New York State high
schools was 104-24-4. Paul then served as assistant football coach
and junior varsity baseball coach at Harvard from 1960 to 1963 and
then as director of physical education and athletics at the
Rush-Henrietta School District of Pittsford, New York, where he supervised
93 coaches and teams.