Background
Percy Duncan Haughton was born on July 11, 1876, on Staten Island, New York, United States, the son of Malcolm Graeme and Mary Nesbit (Lawrence) Haughton.
(Originally published in 1922. This volume from the Cornel...)
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Percy Duncan Haughton was born on July 11, 1876, on Staten Island, New York, United States, the son of Malcolm Graeme and Mary Nesbit (Lawrence) Haughton.
Percy's early school days were spent at the Staten Island Academy. He then attended Groton School, graduating in 1895, and then went on to Harvard College, graduating in 1899.
At the Staten Island Academy Haughton's youthful skill as a football player, cross-country runner, baseball and tennis player, swimmer, and boxer indicated a future eminence in various sports. At Groton School in Massachusetts, he became known not only for his athletic skill but also for his sturdy championship of the ethics of sport, fair play, honest preparation, and adherence to the rules of the game. He left Groton with honors, having captained the eleven and having served as one of the mainstays of the baseball nine. Entering Harvard in 1895, he immediately won a place as tackle on the freshman team and in 1896 he was substitute tackle on the varsity. Harvard and Yale had played a game at Hampden Park, Springfield, Massachusetts, characterized by a bitterness resulting immediately in a number of serious injuries to players of both teams and ultimately in a break in athletic relationships between these ancient rivals which endured until 1897.
Haughton never forgot the lessons of this distressing period, and later he preached the cause of a game of football which should be safe for the player, enjoyable for the spectator, and amenable in all its phases to sportsmanlike construction. Winning a position of tackle on the 1899 varsity and used as fullback when kicks - drop, place, or punt - were called for, he gained for himself a reputation as a sound lineman and himself set a high standard. On two occasions he brought out extras with the sole aid of the janitor. He developed a large personal following in these last years, and this, combined with an active club life, brought him marked social prominence. Haughton also wrote occasionally for newspapers and other periodicals and in 1923 published Football and How to Watch It. He suffered a stroke of paralysis at his desk on April 24, 1894, and died six days later.
(Originally published in 1922. This volume from the Cornel...)
Quotations: "It will be my purpose to teach the men what they should learn in order to better prepare for life after the university. If I can do that, if I can contribute toward qualifying them for the finest type of citizenship, I will be satisfied. "
Haughton was married, May 15, 1911, to Gwendolen (Whistler) Howell, widow of Rev. Richard L. Howell of Baltimore.