10 Facts About Percy Haughton

Percy Duncan Haughton was an American football and baseball player and coach.

The Harvard Crimson claimed national champions for three of the seasons that Haughton coached: 1910,1912, and 1913.

Percy Haughton was Harvard's head baseball coach in 1915 and part owner of the Boston Braves from 1916 to 1918.

Percy Haughton was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1951.

Percy Haughton attended Groton School, graduating in 1895, and then went on to Harvard College, graduating in 1899.

Percy Haughton bought the Boston Braves with Arthur Chamberlin Wise in 1916.

Percy Haughton served as club president until the team was purchased by George Washington Grant in 1919.

Percy Haughton served as the head coach of Camp Devens football team in 1917.

Percy Haughton became Columbia's football coach in spring 1923 as the school re-established a team that had been dissolved in 1905 following allegations that football had become too violent.

Percy Haughton died at age 48 on October 27,1924, after becoming ill on the Columbia football field.