Percy O. Clapp

Percy O. Clapp

Biographical details
Born	(1900-03-10)March 10, 1900 Roberts, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	July 2, 1960(1960-07-02) (aged 60) Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1920–1922	River Falls State
1923–1924	Minnesota
Position(s)	Tackle, guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1925–1930	Milwaukee Normal/State
1931–1934	Lawrence
1935–1936	Idaho (assistant)
Track
1925–1931	Milwaukee Normal/State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1925–1931	Milwaukee Normal/State
Head coaching record
Overall	40–24–10 (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	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Milwaukee Normal / Milwaukee State Green Gulls (Wisconsin Normal Athletic Conference / Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference) (1925–1930)
1925	Milwaukee Normal	1–4–1	1–2–1	T–5th
1926	Milwaukee State	5–0–2	3–0–1	2nd
1927	Milwaukee State	4–2–2	2–1–1	4th
1928	Milwaukee State	4–2–2	2–2	T–6th
1929	Milwaukee State	7–0–1	3–0–1	1st
1930	Milwaukee State	7–1	4–0	1st
Milwaukee Normal/State:		28–9–8	15–5–4
Lawrence Vikings (Big Four Conference / Midwest Conference) (1931–1932)
1931	Lawrence	2–4	1–2 / 0–3	3rd / 8th
1932	Lawrence	3–4–1	1–2 / 1–2	3rd / T–6th
Lawrence Vikings (Midwest Conference) (1933–1934)
1933	Lawrence	3–4	1–2	5th
1934	Lawrence	4–3–1	2–2	T–4th
Lawrence:		12–15–2	5–10
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 .
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 .
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 .

External links

• Percy O. Clapp at Find a Grave