Fenwick Watkins

Biography

Fenwick Henri Watkins (December 27, 1887 – August 8, 1943) was an American athlete and coach. He attended the University of Vermont, where he starred in football, basketball, and baseball. He was a teammate on the baseball team of two future Major League Baseball players, Larry Gardner and Ray Collins. This trio and the rest of the 1908 Vermont team was one of the most talented in school history, winning a New England championship with a record of 15–9. After graduating from Vermont, Watkins coached football, basketball, and baseball at Fargo College in Fargo, North Dakota, where he also led the athletic program. Watkins was born on December 27, 1887, in Burlington, Vermont. He died on August 8, 1943, in Fargo. In 1906, a local newspaper reported that he was the first black sports captain at the University of Vermont, a role he assumed in 1907 on the school's football team.

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