Thomas F. Fennell

American football player and boxer (1904–1991)

Born(1904-03-01)March 1, 1904
Bronx, New York, U.S.

DiedMay 23, 1991(1991-05-23) (aged 87)
New York, New York, U.S.

1925Cornell

Position(s)End

Thomas F. Fennell
Biographical details
Born	(1904-03-01)March 1, 1904 Bronx, New York, U.S.
Died	May 23, 1991(1991-05-23) (aged 87) New York, New York, U.S.
Playing career
1925	Cornell

Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1927–1931	Cornell (assistant)

Thomas Francis Fennell II (March 1, 1904 – May 23, 1991) was an American football player and boxer at Cornell University. He was inducted into the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame in 1989.

Fennell was born on March 1, 1904, in Bronx, New York. At Cornell, he lettered in football at left end in 1925 and won the university's heavyweight boxing championship as a freshman, junior and senior. After obtaining his undergraduate degree from Cornell in 1926, he served as an assistant football coach under Gil Dobie from 1927 to 1931 while attending Cornell Law School, from which he earned an LLB in 1929.^[1]

An expert in labor arbitration, Fennell was first an associate and then a partner beginning in 1943 at Shearman & Sterling, a law firm in Manhattan. Fennell became of counsel to the firm in 1987. He was an innovator in arbitration and represented several private bus companies in New York City, as well as many other clients.

From 1972 to 1988, Fennell handled arbitration involving the Algerian National Oil Company and the construction of a pipeline by a consortium of French and Italian companies.^[2] Other clients included Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller, grandson of William Rockefeller, and the Georgia-Pacific corporation.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Fennell died in 1991 in his Manhattan apartment of a cardiac arrest. Fennell's uncle, Thomas Francis Fennell, 1896 Cornell graduate, is also a Cornell Athletic Hall of Famer.^[6]

References

↑ "Cornell University - Hall of Fame: Thomas F. Fennell II, Class of 1926". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
↑ "Thomas F. Fennell 2d, Arbitration Expert, 87". The New York Times. May 10, 1991. Retrieved March 11, 2010.
↑ "Court Record - SHULOF v. ROCKEFELLER, 1963". Public.Resource.Org. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
↑ "Court Record - SHULOF v. ROCKEFELLER, 1963". Public.Resource.Org. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
↑ "Court Record - GAYNOR v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation". Public.Resource.Org. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
↑ "Cornell University - Hall of Fame: Thomas F. Fennell, Class of 1896". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved March 10, 2010.

External links

Cornell Daily Sun, Volume XLVI, Issue 35, 31 October 1925. Page 1 - Thomas R. (sic) Fennell '26 - Left end ... will play his first game of the season today
New York Times - September 29, 1925 - TWO CORNELL MEN OUT.; But Fennell and Isaly Are Expected Back in Line-Up Soon.
New York Times - October 7, 1925 - CORNELL STARS STILL OUT.; Fennell, Wakeman, Isaly on Sidelines as Varsity Scrimmages
New York Times - October 29, 1925 - DOBIE DRILLS HARD ON AN AIR DEFENSE; Anticipates Passing Attack From Columbia and Keeps Squad Late on Such Plays
Mr. Shearman and Mr. Sterling and how They Grew, 1963, Yale University Press

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