Percy O. Clapp
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 10, 1900 Roberts, Wisconsin |
| Died | July 2, 1960 (aged 60) Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Playing career | |
| 1920–1922 | River Falls State (WI) |
| 1923–1924 | Minnesota |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| c. 1926 | Milwaukee Normal |
| 1931–1934 | Lawrence |
| 1935–1936 | Idaho (assistant) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| c. 1926–1928 | Milwaukee Normal/State |
Percy O. Clapp (March 10, 1900 – July 2, 1960) was an American college football player and coach. He was the head coach at Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin, from 1931 to 1934,[1] then was an assistant coach for two years in the Pacific Coast Conference at Idaho (1935, 1936) under head coach Ted Bank.
Clapp served in both world wars and later worked for the Veterans Administration in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Following an illness that forced an early retirement, he died at age sixty in Saint Paul,[2] and is buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, south of Minneapolis.
References
- ^ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ^ "Service for Percy Clapp are Wednesday; Former Lawrence Football Coach Is dead at 60". The Post-Crescent. Appleton, Wisconsin. July 5, 1960. p. B9. Retrieved April 17, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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- People from St. Croix County, Wisconsin
- Players of American football from Wisconsin