Cornell University Athletics

A star in all three sports, he was also the University[apos]s heavyweight boxing champion. He rowed on the 1895 crew that participated in England[apos]s Henley Regatta. He was the center on the 1895 football team quarterbacked by Cornell[apos]s first All-American, Clint Wyckoff. Fennell was Penn State[apos]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 [apos]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.