Percy O. Clapp
Biographical details
Born(1900-03-10)March 10, 1900
Roberts, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedJuly 2, 1960(1960-07-02) (aged 60)
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1920–1922River Falls State
1923–1924Minnesota
Position(s)Tackle, guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1925–1930Milwaukee Normal/State
1931–1934Lawrence
1935–1936Idaho (assistant)
Track
1925–1931Milwaukee Normal/State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1925–1931Milwaukee Normal/State
Head coaching record
Overall40–24–10 (football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
2 WSTCC (1929–1930)

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]

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

Football

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Milwaukee Normal / Milwaukee State Green Gulls (Wisconsin Normal Athletic Conference / Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference) (1925–1930)
1925 Milwaukee Normal 1–4–11–2–1T–5th
1926 Milwaukee State 5–0–23–0–12nd
1927 Milwaukee State 4–2–22–1–14th
1928 Milwaukee State 4–2–22–2T–6th
1929 Milwaukee State 7–0–13–0–11st
1930 Milwaukee State 7–14–01st
Milwaukee Normal/State: 28–9–815–5–4
Lawrence Vikings (Big Four Conference / Midwest Conference) (1931–1932)
1931 Lawrence 2–41–2 / 0–33rd / 8th
1932 Lawrence 3–4–11–2 / 1–23rd / T–6th
Lawrence Vikings (Midwest Conference) (1933–1934)
1933 Lawrence 3–41–25th
1934 Lawrence 4–3–12–2T–4th
Lawrence: 12–15–25–10
Total:40–24–10
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. ↑ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. p. 144. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Vandals Hire New Grid Man". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Associated Press. May 14, 1935. p. 6. Retrieved February 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ↑ "Percy Clapp To Coach At Milwaukee Normal". The Minneapolis Journal. Minneapolis, Minneosta. July 7, 1925. p. 19. Retrieved February 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ↑ "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 Open access icon.
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