- Paul Withington
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Paul Withington 
Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born January 25, 1888 Place of birth Escondido, California Died April 2, 1966 (aged 78) Place of death Honolulu, Hawaii Playing career ? Harvard Position(s) Quarterback Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1915
1916
1923–1924
1924Harvard (assistant)
Wisconsin
Columbia (assistant)
ColumbiaHead coaching record Overall 5–4–2 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Paul C. Withington (born 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, compiling a career college football record of 5–4–2.[1]
Withington attended Harvard University where he played football as a quarterback. He received his bachelor's degree from Havard 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.
Withington married Constance Restarick in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 18, 1911. In 1917, he entered the U.S. Army Medical Corps. Withington was awarded the Legion of Merit by the U.S. Navy in 1945, the Silver Star, the French croix de guerre, the British Mons Star, the 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.
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten Conference) (1916) 1916 Wisconsin 4–2–1 1–2–1 6th Wisconsin: 4–2–1 1–2–1 Columbia Lions (Independent) (1924) 1924 Columbia 1–2–1* Columbia: 1–2–1 *Percy Haughton coached the first 5 games of the season. Total: 5–4–2 References
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Dr. Paul O. Withington Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=2551. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
External links
- Paul Withington at the College Football Data Warehouse
- Paul Withington at the Internet Movie Database
Wisconsin Badgers head football coaches Alvin Kletsch (1889) • Ted Mestre (1890) • Herb Alward (1891) • Frank Crawford (1892) • Parke H. Davis (1893) • Hiram O. Stickney (1894–1895) • Philip King (1896–1902) • Arthur Hale Curtis (1903–1904) • Philip King (1905) • Charles P. Hutchins (1906–1907) • Thomas A. Barry (1908–1910) • John R. Richards (1911) • William Juneau (1912–1915) • Paul Withington (1916) • John R. Richards (1917) • Guy Lowman (1918) • John R. Richards (1919–1922) • John J. Ryan (1923–1924) • George Little (1925–1926) • Glenn Thistlethwaite (1927–1931) • Clarence Spears (1932–1935) • Harry Stuhldreher (1936–1948) • Ivy Williamson (1949–1955) • Milt Bruhn (1956–1966) • John Coatta (1967–1969) • John Jardine (1970–1977) • Dave McClain (1978–1985) • Jim Hilles (1986) • Don Morton (1987–1989) • Barry Alvarez (1990–2005) • Bret Bielema (2006– )
Columbia Lions head football coaches No coach (1870–1898) • George Sanford (1899–1901) • Bill Morley (1902–1905) • No team (1906–1914) • T. Nelson Metcalf (1915–1917) • Fred Dawson (1918–1919) • Frank "Buck" O'Neill (1920–1922) • Percy Haughton (1923–1924) • Paul Withington (1924) • Charles Crowley (1925–1929) • Lou Little (1930–1956) • Aldo Donelli (1957–1967) • Frank Navarro (1968–1973) • William Campbell (1974–1979) • Bob Naso (1980–1984) • Jim Garrett (1985) • Larry McElreavy (1986–1988) • Ray Tellier (1989–2002) • Bob Shoop (2003–2005) • Norries Wilson (2006–)
Categories:- 1888 births
- 1966 deaths
- Columbia Lions football coaches
- Harvard Crimson football coaches
- Harvard Crimson football players
- Harvard Medical School alumni
- Punahou School alumni
- Wisconsin Badgers football coaches
- American military personnel of World War I
- People from Escondido, California
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1910s stubs
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