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  • Percy W. Griffiths
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  • After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War I, "Red" Griffiths attended Bloomsburg Normal School. He next attend Pennsylvania State College where he would become an All-American college football player in 1920 as a stalwart guard for Hugo Bezdek’s undefeated 1920 team. He also lettered in lacrosse for the Nittany Lions and earned a Bachelor of Science in chemistry there in 1921. He played one professional season (1921) with the Canton Bulldogs of the National Football League. He continued his education at Columbia University, graduating in 1930.
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term start
  • 1943-01-03
Birth Date
  • 1893-03-30
player years
  • 1917
  • 1921
death place
overall record
  • 16
preceded
Name
  • Griffiths, Percy W.
  • Percy W. Griffiths
  • Percy Wilfred “Red” Griffiths
Sport
Caption
  • on 1920 Nittany Lions team
District
  • 15
Alternative Names
  • Griffiths, Percy Wilfred
Succeeded
Date of Death
  • 1983-06-12
player teams
Party
Birth Place
coach years
  • 1921
  • 1927
  • 1929
Title
term end
  • 1949-01-03
death date
  • 1983-06-12
Place of Birth
  • Taylor, Pennsylvania
coach teams
Place of death
  • Clearwater, Florida
Before
Years
  • 1943
After
State
  • Ohio
Date of Birth
  • 1893-03-30
Short Description
  • Politician, athlete and coach
player positions
abstract
  • After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War I, "Red" Griffiths attended Bloomsburg Normal School. He next attend Pennsylvania State College where he would become an All-American college football player in 1920 as a stalwart guard for Hugo Bezdek’s undefeated 1920 team. He also lettered in lacrosse for the Nittany Lions and earned a Bachelor of Science in chemistry there in 1921. He played one professional season (1921) with the Canton Bulldogs of the National Football League. He continued his education at Columbia University, graduating in 1930. Griffiths was athletic director and coached football, basketball and baseball at Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio from 1921 to 1927. He served as Marietta’s mayor from 1938 to 1939 and later represented Washington County, Ohio and Ohio's 15th congressional district in the 78th, 79th, and 80th U.S. Congresses (1943–1949). He retired to Clearwater, Florida in 1952, where he lived until his death at the age of 90.