Percy O. Clapp (March 10, 1900 – July 2, 1960) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Milwaukee State Teachers College—renamed from Milwaukee Normal School in 1927 and now known as the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee—from 1925 to 1930 and at Lawrence College—now known as Lawrence University—in Appleton, Wisconsin from 1931 to 1934.[1] Clapp was an assistant coach coach for two years at the University of Idaho under head coach Ted Bank.[2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 10, 1900 Roberts, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | July 2, 1960 (aged 60) Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1920–1922 | River Falls State |
| 1923–1924 | Minnesota |
| Position(s) | Tackle, guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1925–1930 | Milwaukee Normal/State |
| 1931–1934 | Lawrence |
| 1935–1936 | Idaho (assistant) |
| Track | |
| 1925–1931 | Milwaukee Normal/State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1925–1931 | Milwaukee Normal/State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 40–24–10 (football) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 2 WSTCC (1929–1930) | |
Clapp played college football at the University of Minnesota as a tackle and guard from 1923 to 1924. He was hired at the head football and track coach at Milwaukee Normal in 1925.[3] Clapp served in both world wars and later worked for the Veterans Administration in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Following an illness that forced an early retirement, he died at age 60 in Saint Paul,[4] and is buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, south of Minneapolis.
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Normal / Milwaukee State Green Gulls (Wisconsin Normal Athletic Conference / Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference) (1925–1930) | |||||||||
| 1925 | Milwaukee Normal | 1–4–1 | 1–2–1 | T–5th | |||||
| 1926 | Milwaukee State | 5–0–2 | 3–0–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1927 | Milwaukee State | 4–2–2 | 2–1–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1928 | Milwaukee State | 4–2–2 | 2–2 | T–6th | |||||
| 1929 | Milwaukee State | 7–0–1 | 3–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1930 | Milwaukee State | 7–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| Milwaukee Normal/State: | 28–9–8 | 15–5–4 | |||||||
| Lawrence Vikings (Big Four Conference / Midwest Conference) (1931–1932) | |||||||||
| 1931 | Lawrence | 2–4 | 1–2 / 0–3 | 3rd / 8th | |||||
| 1932 | Lawrence | 3–4–1 | 1–2 / 1–2 | 3rd / T–6th | |||||
| Lawrence Vikings (Midwest Conference) (1933–1934) | |||||||||
| 1933 | Lawrence | 3–4 | 1–2 | 5th | |||||
| 1934 | Lawrence | 4–3–1 | 2–2 | T–4th | |||||
| Lawrence: | 12–15–2 | 5–10 | |||||||
| Total: | 40–24–10 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. p. 144. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ^ "Vandals Hire New Grid Man". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Associated Press. May 14, 1935. p. 6. Retrieved February 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Percy Clapp To Coach At Milwaukee Normal". The Minneapolis Journal. Minneapolis, Minneosta. July 7, 1925. p. 19. Retrieved February 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Service for Percy Clapp are Wednesday; Former Lawrence Football Coach Is dead at 60". The Post-Crescent. Appleton, Wisconsin. July 5, 1960. p. B9. Retrieved April 17, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
