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Feb 10, 1870 Coosa County, Alabama, United States Died on 17 Oct 1919 (aged 49)
American football player and coach
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About John Penton
- John Abner Penton (February 10, 1870 – October 17, 1919) was an American football player and coach.
- Penton attended the University of Virginia, Auburn University, and Johns Hopkins Medical School.
- He played starting guard on the 1893, 1894, and 1895 Virginia football teams and was captain of the 1893, 1894, and 1895 teams.
- After he graduated from the University of Virginia, Penton chose to play as a "special student" fullback on the Auburn football team under head coach, his long-time companion, John Heisman in 1897.
- The first coach at Clemson, Walter Riggs, had in fact played on the team as well.
- Penton had lived near the Auburn campus his entire life and likely facilitated the Pennsylvania native, Heisman's, move to the campus.
- Penton then served as the third head football coach at Clemson University for one season in 1898, compiling a record of 3–1 before the program ran out of money.
