Percy Given

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Percy Given
Georgetown Hoyas
PositionCenter
Personal information
Weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
CollegeGeorgetown (1901–1904)
Awards and highlights
All-Southern (1901, 1902)
Second team All-time Georgetown football team
Georgetown Athletic Hall of Fame
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J. Percy Given was a college football player and coach.

Georgetown

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Player

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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

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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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