Education
Withington attended Harvard University where he played football as a guard and center.
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Paul Withington
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Career
He was the head coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for a season in 1916 and at Columbia University for part of one season in 1924, compiling a career college football record of 5–4–2. He received his bachelor"s degree from Havard in 1909, and his Doctor of Medicine degree from Harvard Medical School in 1914. Withington is notable as the only coach in collegiate history to be a head coach at the same time as working as a doctor.
In 1914, he also published the book "The Book of Athletics".
Withington married Constance Restarick in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 18, 1911. In 1917, he entered the United States. Army Medical Corps.
He was in charge of athletics at Camp Funston, playing on the football team He was also an honorary lieutenant in the Royal Medical Corps of the British Army.
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legionnaire of Legion of Merit; Silver Star; Legion of Merit Legion of Merit
The Legion of Merit (LOM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements.The Legion of Merit (LOM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements.