J. Percy Given was a

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player and coach.

Georgetown

Player

He was an All-Southern center for the

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, weighing 225 pounds. Georgetown authorities claimed it was Given, as opposed to

Germany Schulz Adolph George "Germany" Schulz (April 19, 1883 – April 14, 1951) was an All-American American football center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1904 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1908. While playing at Michigan, Schulz is credited wit ...

, who was the first "roving center" or

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in the game against

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in 1902. Given was selected as the second team center for the Georgetown all-time football team. One writer called him "the greatest center that Georgetown has ever had."

Coach

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

References

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