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Paul Withington

Biographical details
Born	(1888-01-25)January 25, 1888 Escondido, California, U.S.
Died	April 2, 1966(1966-04-02) (aged 78) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Playing career
1908–1909	Harvard
Position(s)	Guard, center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1910–1914	Yale (line)
1915	Harvard (assistant)
1916	Wisconsin
1917	Camp Funston
1923–1924	Columbia (assistant)
1924	Columbia
Head coaching record
Overall	12–7–2
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Second-team All-American (1909) Second-team All-Service (1917)

Paul Withington (January 25, 1888 – April 2, 1966) was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for a season in 1916 and at Columbia University for part of one season in 1924.

In 1905, Withington graduated from the Punahou School in Honolulu. He then attended Harvard University, where he played football as a guard and center. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard in 1909, and his Doctor of Medicine degree from Harvard Medical School in 1914. Withington is notable as the only coach in collegiate history to be a head coach at the same time as working as a doctor. In 1914, he also published the book "The Book of Athletics".

Withington married Constance Restarick in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 18, 1911. In 1917, he entered the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He was in charge of athletics at Camp Funston, playing on the football team. After the war, Withington remained in Germany with the 89th Division and the Army of Occupation. Football teams were established and a championship playoff system established. Withington was the team captain for the 89th Division, which won the A.E.F. championship in March 1919.

Between World Wars, he transferred from the Army to the United States Navy Reserve. Withington was awarded the Legion of Merit by the U.S. Navy in 1945, the Silver Star by the U.S. Army in 1919, the French Croix de Guerre, the British Mons Star, World War I victory ribbon, the Army of Occupation of Germany ribbon, the American Defense ribbon and the Pacific Asiatic ribbon with star. He was also an honorary lieutenant in the Royal Medical Corps of the British Army.

In later life, Worthington served as physician for his alma mater, the Punahou School. After his death in 1966, he was interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Head coaching record

References

1. DeLassus, David. "Dr. Paul O. Withington Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
2. ^ "Dr. Paul Withington (1905)". Punahou School. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
3. ^ Withington, Paul (1914). The Book of Athletics. Norwood, Mass.: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
4. Harvard University Directory. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 1913. p. 888. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
5. "Paul Withington". Veterans Legacy Memorial. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved August 7, 2024.

External links

• Paul Withington at IMDb
• "Paul Withington". Hall of Valor. Military Times.

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