Paul Withington, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American football player and coach
Date of Birth: 25-Jan-1888
Place of Birth: Escondido, California, United States
Date of Death: 02-Apr-1966
Profession: military physician, American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Paul Withington
- Paul C.
- Withington (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.Withington attended Harvard University, where he played football as a guard and center.
- 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.
- In 1914, he also published the book "The Book of Athletics".Withington married Constance Restarick in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 18, 1911.
- In 1917, he entered the U.S.
- Army Medical Corps.
- He was in charge of athletics at Camp Funston, playing on the football team.
- After the war, Withington remained in Germany with the 89th Division and the Army of Occupation.
- Football teams were established and a championship playoff system established.
- Withington was the team captain for the 89th Division, which won the A.E.F.
- championship.
- 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, 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.
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