Tom Fennell

College coach infobox
Name = Thomas Francis Fennell


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Years = 1894-1896
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CoachYears = 1897
1904-1908
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Thomas Francis Fennell was the head football coach at Penn State from 1904 to 1908. During his tenure, he compiled a 33-17-1(.657) record. His best season came in 1906 when his team went 8-1-1. He had previously played football at Cornell University, where he is a member of their Athletic Hall of Fame.

Hall Of Fame

Fennell was inducted into Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame. Fennell was described as a "star" in three different sports while at Cornell: Football, Men's Crew, and Men's Track as well as being Heavyweight Champion in boxing. The Cornell Hall of Fame states that Fennell :"rowed on the 1895 crew that participated in England’s Henley Regatta. He was the center on the 1895 football team quarterbacked by Cornell’s first All-American, Clint Wyckoff. Fennell was Penn State’s first full-time head football coach and served in that capacity from 1904-08, compiling a five-year record of 33-17-1, with his [1906| [19] 06] team going 8-1-1. He gave up coaching to devote time to his law practice in Elmira, N.Y., and later served as a judge of the New York State Court of Claims, and as first deputy Attorney-General of New York." [http://www.cornellbigred.com/hof.aspx?hid=2190] Fennell's Nephew, Thomas Francis Fennell II, Class of 1926, is also a Cornell Athletic Hall of Famer.

Coaching record

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name = Cincinnati Bearcats
startyear = 1897
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endyear = singleCFB Yearly Record Entry | name = Cincinnati | conference = no | ranking = no | ranking2 = no
year = 1897| overall = 9-1-1 | bowloutcome = no CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Cincinnati
overall = 9-1-1
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name = Penn State Nittany Lions
startyear = 1904
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endyear = 1908CFB Yearly Record Entry | name = Penn State | conference = no | ranking = no | ranking2 = no
year = 1904| overall = 6-4-0 | bowloutcome = no CFB Yearly Record Entry | name = Penn State | conference = no | ranking = no | ranking2 = no
year = 1905| overall = 8-3-0 | bowloutcome = no CFB Yearly Record Entry | name = Penn State | conference = no | ranking = no | ranking2 = no
year = 1906| overall = 8-1-1 | bowloutcome = no CFB Yearly Record Entry | name = Penn State | conference = no | ranking = no | ranking2 = no
year = 1907| overall = 6-4-0 | bowloutcome = no CFB Yearly Record Entry | name = Penn State | conference = no | ranking = no | ranking2 = no
year = 1908| overall = 5-5-0 | bowloutcome = no CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Penn State
overall = 33-17-1
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overall = 42-18-2
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ee also

*Penn State Nittany Lions football under Tom Fennell
*Thomas McCarthy Fennell (Irish nationalist) - Fennell's Father

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