Percy Given
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Template:Redirect category shell John Percy Given was a college football player and coach. He later sold cigars in Buffalo, New York.
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
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Southern Intercollegiate Football". Outing. 37: 726. 1902.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Georgetown Prospects on Football Gridiron". The Washington Times. September 18, 1904. p. 7. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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. Open access icon
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Alexander M. Weyand (1962). Football Immortals. p. 128.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Georgetown Football: History & Tradition The All-Time Team".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dailey Athletic Boss". The Washington Post. December 16, 1911. p. 8. Retrieved June 29, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SYSTEM OF DEFENSE OUTLINED BY COACH BROOKE". Washington Post. September 23, 1906. p. 40.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."[1]". The Washington Post. November 13, 1908.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."[No title]". The Washington Post. November 15, 1908. p. 2. Retrieved May 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Georgetown Athletic Hall of Fame".
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