J. Percy Given was a college football player and coach.
He was an All-Southern center for the Georgetown Hoyas of Georgetown University,[1] weighing 225 pounds.
[2][3] Georgetown authorities claimed it was Given, as opposed to Germany Schulz, who was the first "roving center" or linebacker in the game against Navy in 1902.
[5] One writer called him "the greatest center that Georgetown has ever had.
[7][8][9] He was inducted to the Georgetown Athletic Hall of Fame in 1953.