Sport(s) Football 1925–1927 Lehigh Died March 13, 1932 1910–1912 Harvard 1919–1920 Boston University Education Harvard University | 1920 Boston University Name Percy Wendell Positions Halfback 1921–1924 Williams Role American football player | |
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Born July 16, 1889
Roxbury, Massachusetts ( 1889-07-16 ) | ||
Percy Langdon "Bullet" Wendell (July 16, 1889 – March 13, 1932) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. H He played college football at Harvard University, where was a three-time All-American from 1910 to 1920. Wendell served as the head football coach at Boston University in 1920, at Williams College from 1921 to 1924, and at Lehigh University rom 1925 to 1927, compiling a career college football coaching record of 30–33–4. He wa salso the head basketball coach at Boston University for one season, in 1919–20, tallying a mark of 0–6. Wendell was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1972.
Biography
Wendell 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 University from 1909 to 1913. He went on to attend two years of medical school.
Wendell was the 16th head football coach at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and he held that position for three seasons, from 1925 until 1927. His record at Lehigh was 5–20–2.
Wendell died of pneumonia, on March 13, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts.