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  • Percy Langdon Wendell
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  • He was born on July 16, 1889 in Roxbury, Massachusetts to Frank Thaxter Wendell and Helen Stamford. He attended the Roxbury Latin School and attended Harvard from 1909 to 1913. He went on to attend two years of medical school.
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CFbDWID
  • 3055
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CFBHOF year
  • 1972
Birth Date
  • 1889-07-16
player years
  • 1910
  • Football
overall record
  • 0
  • 9
Name
  • Percy Langdon Wendell
  • Wendell, Percy Langdon
Sport
CFBHOF id
  • 10028
Caption
  • Wendell at Harvard in 1912
Alternative Names
  • Wendell, Percy L.
Date of Death
  • 1932-03-13
player teams
Birth Place
coach years
  • 1919
  • 1920
  • 1921
  • 1925
  • Football
  • Basketball
Awards
death date
  • 1932-03-13
Place of Birth
  • Roxbury, Massachusetts
coach teams
ID
  • 10028
Date of Birth
  • 1889-07-16
Short Description
  • American football player and coach, basketball coach
player positions
abstract
  • He was born on July 16, 1889 in Roxbury, Massachusetts to Frank Thaxter Wendell and Helen Stamford. He attended the Roxbury Latin School and attended Harvard from 1909 to 1913. He went on to attend two years of medical school. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972. He was also the 16th head football coach for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and he held that position for three seasons, from 1925 until 1927. His overall coaching record at Lehigh was 5 wins, 20 losses, and 2 ties. This ranks him 17th at Lehigh in terms of total wins and 26th at Lehigh in terms of winning percentage. He died in 1932 at age 43.