Percy Given

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Percy Given
Georgetown Hoyas
Position Center
Personal information
Weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career history
College Georgetown (19011904)
Career highlights and 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.

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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]

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