High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Thomas Kaulukukui (January 1913 – March 9, 2007) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Hawaii in 1941, as co-head coach with Eugene Gill, and from 1946 to 1950. Kaulukukui was also a standout college athlete who earned 17 letters in five sports and was the University of Hawaii`s first All-American football player. His number, #32, remains the only number to have ever been retired by the Hawaii football program. Kaulukukui died on March 9, 2007 at the age of 94.