Percy Given

Percy Given
Biographical details
Alma mater Georgetown University
Playing career
1901–1904 Georgetown
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1906; 1908 Georgetown (assistant)
Accomplishments and honors

Awards

All-Southern (1901, 1902)
Second team All-time Georgetown football team
Georgetown Athletic Hall of Fame

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

Georgetown

Player

He was an All-Southern center for the Georgetown Hoyas of Georgetown University,[1] weighing 225 pounds.[2] 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.[3] Given was selected as the second team center for the Georgetown all-time football team.[4]

Coach

Given assisted coaching the team in 1906 and 1908.[5][6] He was inducted to the Georgetown Athletic Hall of Fame in 1953.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Southern Intercollegiate Football". Outing 37: 726.
  2. ↑ "Georgetown Prospects on Football Gridiron". The Washington Times. September 18, 1904. p. 7. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Alexander M. Weyand (1962). Football Immortals. p. 128.
  4. ↑ "Georgetown Football: History & Tradition The All-Time Team".
  5. ↑ "SYSTEM OF DEFENSE OUTLINED BY COACH BROOKE". Washington Post. September 23, 1906. p. 40.
  6. ↑ "[1]". The Washington Post. November 13, 1908.
  7. ↑ "Georgetown Athletic Hall of Fame".