Percy W. Griffiths

Percy Wilfred Griffiths, nicknamed Red, was an American football player and coach who later became a politician. Born on 30 March 1893, he served in World War I and played college football at Pennsylvania State College, now Pennsylvania State University. He then played one professional season in the National Football League with the Canton Bulldogs. As a coach he led the football team at Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio, from 1921 to 1926 and at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1929 and 1930. He turned to public life as mayor of Marietta in 1938 and 1939 and then served three terms in the United States House of Representatives for Ohio's 15th congressional district from 1943 to 1949. He died on 12 June 1983.