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{{Short description|American football player and boxer (1904–1991)}}
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'''Thomas Francis Fennell II''' (March 1, 1904 – May 23, 1991) was an [[American football]] player and [[Boxing|boxer]] at [[Cornell University]]. He was inducted into the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame in 1989.
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==Life and sports career==
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'''Thomas Francis Fennell II''', ([[March 1]], [[1904]] – [[May 23]], [[1991]]) is an athlete and member of the [[Cornell University|Cornell]] Athletic Hall of Fame.
Fennell was born on March 1, 1904, in [[The Bronx|Bronx, New York]]. At Cornell, he lettered in football at left [[End (gridiron football)|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 [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]] in 1929.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cornellbigred.com/hof.aspx?hof=10&path=&kiosk= |title=Cornell University - Hall of Fame: Thomas F. Fennell II, Class of 1926 |author= |date= |publisher=Cornell University Athletics |accessdate=2010-03-10}}</ref>


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An expert in labor arbitration, Fennell was first an [[Associate attorney|associate]] and then a [[Partner (business rank)|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.
==Hall Of Fame==
Fennell was named to [http://cornellbigred.com/Sports/general/2007/HOFIntro.asp?tab=history Cornell's Athletic Hall of Fame] [http://cornellbigred.com/hof.aspx?hid=2129] in 1989. The Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame states that: ''Thomas F. Fennell II '26 lettered in football as left end, 1925. Won University [[Heavyweight|heavyweight]] boxing championship as a freshman, junior and senior. Assistant football coach under [[Gil Dobie]], from fall 1927-31 while attending [[Cornell Law School]]; earned his [[LLB]] degree June 1929.''
In 1925, when Fennell played as Defensive end ([[Defensive End|DE]]), Cornell had a 7 and 1 year.


From 1972 to 1988, Fennell handled arbitration involving the [[Sonatrach|Algerian National Oil Company]] and the construction of a pipeline by a consortium of French and Italian companies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/25/obituaries/thomas-f-fennell-2d-arbitration-expert-87.html?scp=5&sq=fennell&st=nyt |title=Thomas F. Fennell 2d, Arbitration Expert, 87 |author= |date=1991-05-10 |work=[[The New York Times]] |publisher= |accessdate=2010-03-11}}</ref> Other clients included [[Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller]], grandson of [[William Rockefeller]], and the [[Georgia-Pacific]] corporation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/326/326.F2d.86.130.28251_1.html |title=Court Record - SHULOF v. ROCKEFELLER, 1963 |author= |date= |publisher=[[Public.Resource.Org]] |accessdate=2010-03-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/326/326.F2d.86.130.28251.html |title=Court Record - SHULOF v. ROCKEFELLER, 1963 |author= |date= |publisher=[[Public.Resource.Org]] |accessdate=2010-03-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/318/318.F2d.432.18172_1.html |title=Court Record - GAYNOR v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation |author= |date= |publisher=[[Public.Resource.Org]] |accessdate=2010-03-10}}</ref>
Fennell's Uncle, [[Tom Fennell|Thomas Francis Fennell]], Class of 1896, is also a Cornell Athletic Hall of Famer.


Fennell died in 1991 in his [[Manhattan]] apartment of a cardiac arrest. Fennell's uncle, [[Tom Fennell|Thomas Francis Fennell]], 1896 Cornell graduate, is also a Cornell Athletic Hall of Famer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cornellbigred.com/hof.aspx?hof=56&path=&kiosk= |title=Cornell University - Hall of Fame: Thomas F. Fennell, Class of 1896 |author= |date= |publisher=Cornell University Athletics |accessdate=2010-03-10}}</ref>
==History==
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Fennell was born March 1, 1904. Fennell obtained undergraduate (1926) and law degree (1929) from [[Cornell]]. While at Cornell Fennell excelled in both football and boxing. Fennell is a 1929 graduate of [[Cornell Law School]]. Fennell was first an [[Associate attorney|associate]], then a partner at [[Shearman & Sterling]]. He was an expert in labor arbitration. Fennell became partner at the Manhattan firm of [[Shearman & Sterling]] in 1943 (Mr. Shearman and Mr. Sterling and how They Grew, 1963). Fennell later 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.


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==References==
From 1972 to 1988, he handled arbitration involving the Algerian National Oil Company and the construction of a pipeline by a consortium of French and Italian companies. Other clients included [[Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller]], grandson of [[William Rockefeller]] founder of [[Standard Oil]] and
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the [[Georgia-Pacific]] Corporation. [http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/326/326.F2d.86.130.28251_1.html] [http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/326/326.F2d.86.130.28251.html] [http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/318/318.F2d.432.18172_1.html]

Fennell died in 1991 in his [[Manhattan]] apartment of cardiac arrest.


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://cdsun-test.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/newscornell?a=d&d=CDS19251031.1.1&e=--------20--1-----all 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]
* [http://cdsun-test.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/newscornell?a=d&d=CDS19251031.1.1&e=--------20--1-----all 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]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10C12FF3B5E1A7A93CBAB1782D85F418285F9&scp=6&sq=%22fennell%22+football&st=p New York Times - September 29, 1925 - TWO CORNELL MEN OUT.; But Fennell and Isaly Are Expected Back in Line-Up Soon.]
* [https://www.nytimes.com/1925/09/29/archives/two-cornell-men-out-but-fennell-and-isaly-are-expected-back-in.html?sq=%2522fennell%2522+football&scp=6&st=p New York Times - September 29, 1925 - TWO CORNELL MEN OUT.; But Fennell and Isaly Are Expected Back in Line-Up Soon.]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40815FA3F5D13738DDDAE0894D8415B858EF1D3&scp=1&sq=Tom+Fennell&st=p New York Times - October 7, 1925 - CORNELL STARS STILL OUT.; Fennell, Wakeman, Isaly on Sidelines as Varsity Scrimmages]
* [https://www.nytimes.com/1925/10/07/archives/cornell-stars-still-out-fennell-wakeman-isaly-on-sidelines-as.html?sq=Tom+Fennell&scp=1&st=p New York Times - October 7, 1925 - CORNELL STARS STILL OUT.; Fennell, Wakeman, Isaly on Sidelines as Varsity Scrimmages]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20C15F63F5D13738DDDA00A94D8415B858EF1D3&scp=8&sq=Tom+Fennell&st=p 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]
* [https://www.nytimes.com/1925/10/29/archives/dobie-drills-hard-on-an-air-defense-anticipates-passing-attack-from.html?sq=Tom+Fennell&scp=8&st=p 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]
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* [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2435356 ''Mr. Shearman and Mr. Sterling and how They Grew'', 1963, Yale University Press]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEFDE1339F936A15756C0A967958260&scp=5&sq=fennell&st=nyt New York Times - May 25, 1991 - Thomas F. Fennell]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806EFD71F3EF931A15753C1A9669C8B63&sec=&spon= New York Times - August 20, 2008 - FENNELL, THOMAS FRANCIS III (Paid Death Notice - Fennell's Son dies)]
* [http://cornellbigred.com/hof.aspx?hid=2129 Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame - Thomas F Fennell II]
* [http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/326/326.F2d.86.130.28251_1.html Court Record - SHULOF v. ROCKEFELLER 1963]
* [http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/326/326.F2d.86.130.28251.html Court Record - SHULOF v. ROCKEFELLER 1963]
* [http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/318/318.F2d.432.18172_1.html Court Record - GAYNOR v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation]


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==References==
[[Category:1904 births]]
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[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2435356 ''Mr. Shearman and Mr. Sterling and how They Grew'', 1963, Yale University Press]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]

[[Category:Cornell University alumni]]
[[Category:American football ends]]
[[Category:Cornell Big Red football coaches]]
[[Category:Cornell Big Red football players]]
[[Category:Cornell Big Red football players]]
[[Category:Cornell Law School alumni]]

[[Category:Lawyers from New York City]]
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[[Category:Players of American football from New York City]]
[[Category:20th-century American lawyers]]
[[Category:Boxers from New York City]]

Latest revision as of 15:01, 18 July 2024

For other people with the same name, see Thomas Fennell.

Thomas F. Fennell
Biographical details
Born(1904-03-01)March 1, 1904
Bronx, New York
DiedMay 23, 1991(1991-05-23) (aged 87)
New York, New York
Playing career
1925Cornell
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1927–1931Cornell (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.

Life and sports career

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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

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