Percy Given
{{Short description|American football player and coach}}
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{{Infobox college football player
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| currentposition=Center
| school=Georgetown Hoyas
| weight_lb=225
| pastschools=Georgetown (1901–1904)
| 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
=Player=
He was an All-Southern center for the Georgetown Hoyas of Georgetown University,{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JrBUAAAAYAAJ&q=%22outing%22+all+southern&pg=PA727|journal=Outing|title=Southern Intercollegiate Football|year=1902|page=726|volume=37}} weighing 225 pounds.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1959575//|work=The Washington Times|date=September 18, 1904|page=7|title=Georgetown Prospects on Football Gridiron|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=March 10, 2015}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3270265/newyork_tribune/|date=January 2, 1918|title=Carpenter Best Football Man Developed in South|author=Louis Lee Arms|page=13|work=New York Tribune|accessdate=August 20, 2016|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} 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.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ck3AAAAIAAJ&q=percy+given|page=128|year=1962|title=Football Immortals|author=Alexander M. Weyand}} Given was selected as the second team center for the Georgetown all-time football team.{{cite web|url=http://www.hoyafootball.com/history/alltime.htm|title=Georgetown Football: History & Tradition The All-Time Team}} One writer called him "the greatest center that Georgetown has ever had."{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2711705/the_washington_post/|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=Dailey Athletic Boss|date=December 16, 1911|page=8|accessdate=June 29, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}
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Given assisted coaching the team in 1906 and 1908.{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/district-of-columbia/washington/washington-post/1906/09-23/page-40|page=40|title=SYSTEM OF DEFENSE OUTLINED BY COACH BROOKE|newspaper=Washington Post|date=September 23, 1906}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/28956200/|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 13, 1908|title=[1]}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2366023/the_washington_post/|page=2|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=[No title]|date=November 15, 1908|accessdate=May 7, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} He was inducted to the Georgetown Athletic Hall of Fame in 1953.{{cite web|url=http://www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/hallfame.htm|title=Georgetown Athletic Hall of Fame}}
References
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{{1901 College Football Composite All-Southerns}}
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Category:American football centers
Category:Georgetown Hoyas football players
Category:All-Southern college football players