Background
Knox was the son of Philander C. Knox, who served as the United States. Secretary of State under William Howard Taft and United States. Attorney General under William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
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Knox was the son of Philander C. Knox, who served as the United States. Secretary of State under William Howard Taft and United States. Attorney General under William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
He attended Allegheny Preparatory School before enrolling at Yale University. Knox graduated in 1907 from Yale University, where he was a member of Skull and Bones.
He played at the halfback position at Yale University and was selected as a first-team All-American in 1906. While he was a student at a private school in Connecticut, Knox was arrested and charged in May 1903 with assault. The complainant alleged that he had been beaten badly by a group of young men, which included Knox.
Because his father was the United States. Attorney General, the case received coverage in the press
Knox was put on trial in Norwalk, Connecticut, and he was found not guilty. At Yale, Knox played at the halfback position for Yale"s football teams in 1905 and 1906.
In Yale"s 6–0 victory over Harvard in 1906, Knox was credited a 40-yard run that was considered one of the most exciting plays of the 1906 season. The New York Times called it a "magnificent effort" and a "beautiful run" and described Knox "swerving in and picking his way through the broken field ahead.. dodging one and another of the oncoming Cambridge mentor"
At the conclusion of the 1906 season, Knox was selected as a first-team All-American halfback by both Walter Camp, Caspar Whitney, the New York World and the New York Mail.
The New York Times wrote that Knox was "as useful as any man on the field in general work."
Knox later served as the private secretary to his father while he served as the United States. Secretary of State.
In 1910, Knox traveled incognito to Southern California to visit with Yale football legend, Walter Camp. Mr. Knox is a bachelor and has not had the romantic marital history of his two younger brothers."
The couple planned to live in Washington, District of Columbia Knox died in 1936 at Ithaca, New New York