Background
Doc Fenton was born on April 30, 1887 in Scranton, Pennsylvania to Robert Emmett Fenton and Catherine Farr.
Doc Fenton was born on April 30, 1887 in Scranton, Pennsylvania to Robert Emmett Fenton and Catherine Farr.
After leaving Scranton High School, Fenton began his college football career at Saint Michael"s, in Canada, in 1904. At Saint Michael"s, he played rugby. Fenton later talked about his time at Saint Michael"s by stating “I got all the fundamentals playing rugby in Toronto.
I learned how to kick on the run, and I learned how to operate in an open field” He later played football at Mansfield State Normal School (now Mansfield University) in Pennsylvania from 1904–1906.
He started out as an end at Mansfield, but later became a star receiver in 1906, which was the first year of the legal forward pass. Mike Lally was his teammate at both Mansfield and Louisiana State University.
Fenton was heavily recruited by Louisiana State University and Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical (now Mississippi State University).
Fenton ultimately ended up signing with Louisiana State University for the 1907 season. Fenton was selected for Louisiana State University"s All-Time football team in 1935.
He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869–1919 era team
= 1908 =
He played quarterback for the 1908 team which went 10–0 and was selected as national champion by the National Championship Foundation.
Fenton was selected All-Southern by Nash Buckingham in the Memphis Commercial Appeal. He threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Mike Lally in the win over Auburn. The National Football Foundation selected Fenton as a retroactive Heisman Trophy winner of 1908.
= 1909 =
Fenton again started at quarterback on the 1909 team
He was selected All-Southern by John Heisman.
He was elected to the Louisiana State University Hall of Fame in 1937 and to the Football Hall of Fame in 1971. Louisiana State University = 1909.