Percy P Locey was an American football player, coach, and a college athletics administrator.
12 Facts About Percy Locey
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Percy Locey served as the head football coach at the University of Denver from 1932 to 1935.
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Percy Locey moved on to become the athletic director his alma mater, Oregon State College, from 1937 to 1947.
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Percy Locey enrolled at Oregon State in 1915 and played competitive football as a freshman, earning an athletic letter.
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Percy Locey served as student body president his senior year at Oregon State.
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In 1926, Percy Locey played football at the Olympic Club in San Francisco.
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Percy Locey was a member of the Olympic's "Winged-O" football eleven that handed the University of California's "Wonder Team" their first loss in five seasons.
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In 1928, Percy Locey took over as the head football coach at the Olympic Club in San Francisco.
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In 1937, Percy Locey returned to Corvallis to become the athletic director at his alma mater.
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Percy Locey chose Duke's home campus in Durham, North Carolina, and then oversaw the refund and reissue of game and train tickets as well as hotel reservations for the Beaver faithful.
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Percy Locey stepped down as athletic director at Oregon State College in 1947.
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Percy Locey was named to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1981 and the Oregon State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1990, both for his football prowess.