Percy Given

J. Percy Given was a college football player and coach.

Percy Given
Georgetown Hoyas
PositionCenter
Career history
CollegeGeorgetown (19011904)
Personal information
Weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career highlights and awards
All-Southern (1901, 1902)
Second team All-time Georgetown football team
Georgetown Athletic Hall of Fame

Georgetown

Player

He was an All-Southern center for the Georgetown Hoyas of Georgetown University,[1] weighing 225 pounds.[2][3] Georgetown authorities claimed it was Given, as opposed to Germany Schulz, who was the first "roving center" or linebacker in the game against Navy in 1902.[4] Given was selected as the second team center for the Georgetown all-time football team.[5] One writer called him "the greatest center that Georgetown has ever had."[6]

Coach

Given assisted coaching the team in 1906 and 1908.[7][8][9] He was inducted to the Georgetown Athletic Hall of Fame in 1953.[10]

References

  1. "Southern Intercollegiate Football". Outing. 37: 726. 1902.
  2. "Georgetown Prospects on Football Gridiron". The Washington Times. September 18, 1904. p. 7. Retrieved March 10, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Louis Lee Arms (January 2, 1918). "Carpenter Best Football Man Developed in South". New York Tribune. p. 13. Retrieved August 20, 2016 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Alexander M. Weyand (1962). Football Immortals. p. 128.
  5. "Georgetown Football: History & Tradition The All-Time Team".
  6. "Dailey Athletic Boss". The Washington Post. December 16, 1911. p. 8. Retrieved June 29, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "SYSTEM OF DEFENSE OUTLINED BY COACH BROOKE". Washington Post. September 23, 1906. p. 40.
  8. "[1]". The Washington Post. November 13, 1908.
  9. "[No title]". The Washington Post. November 15, 1908. p. 2. Retrieved May 7, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Cite uses generic title (help)
  10. "Georgetown Athletic Hall of Fame".
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