Percy Haughton

Percy Haughton
Biographical details
Born(1876-07-11)July 11, 1876
Staten Island, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 27, 1924(1924-10-27) (aged 48)
New York, New York, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1898Harvard
Baseball
1899Harvard
Position(s)Tackle (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1899–1900Cornell
1908–1916Harvard
1917Camp Devens
1923–1924Columbia
Baseball
1915Harvard
Head coaching record
Overall97–17–6 (football)
23–7 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
4 national (1908, 1910, 1912–1913)
Awards
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1951 (profile)

Percy Duncan Haughton (July 11, 1876 – October 27, 1924) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as head football coach at Cornell University from 1899 to 1900, at Harvard University from 1908 to 1916, and at Columbia University from 1923 to 1924, compiling a career college football record of 97–17–6. The Harvard Crimson claimed national champions for three of the seasons that Haughton coached: 1910, 1912, and 1913. Haughton was also Harvard's head baseball coach in 1915[1] and part owner of the Boston Braves from 1916 to 1918.[2] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1951.

  1. ^ "Harvard University Base Ball Club. Records of Organized Baseball at Harvard : an inventory". Archived from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference buy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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