Jump to content

Thomas F. Fennell: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Yobot (talk | contribs)
Bots
4,733,870 edits
m Updated infobox (BRFA 21) using AWB (7778)
m →top: prepended 'Use mdy dates' tag
 
(20 intermediate revisions by 18 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|American football player and boxer (1904–1991)}}
{{Other people2|Thomas Fennell (disambiguation){{!}}Thomas Fennell}}
{{other people||Thomas Fennell (disambiguation){{!}}Thomas Fennell}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Thomas Francis Fennell II
| name = Thomas F. Fennell
| image =
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birthdate|1904|3|1}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|3|1}}
| birth_place = [[Bronx, New York]]
| birth_place = [[The Bronx|Bronx, New York]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|5|23|1904|3|1}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|5|23|1904|3|1}}
| death_place = [[New York, New York]]
| death_place = [[Manhattan|New York, New York]]
| alma_mater =
| sport = [[American football|Football]], [[boxing]]
| player_years1 = 1925
| current_team =
⚫
| player_team1 = [[Cornell Big Red football|Cornell]]
| current_title =
⚫
| player_positions = [[End (gridiron football)|End]]
| current_record =
| coach_years1 = 1927–1931
⚫
| coach_team1 = [[Cornell Big Red football|Cornell]] (assistant)
| overall_record =
| overall_record =
| awards =
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships =
| championships =
| CFbDWID =
| awards =
| player = Y
| coaching_records =
| player_years = 1925
⚫
| player_teams = [[Cornell University|Cornell]]
⚫
| player_positions = [[Defensive end]]
| coach = Y
| coach_years = 1927–1931
⚫
| coach_teams = [[Cornell University|Cornell]] (football assistant)
| CFBHOF_year =
| CFBHOF_id =
| BASKHOF_year =
}}
}}


'''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.
'''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.


==Life and sports career==
==Biography==
Fennell was born on March 1, 1904 in [[Bronx, New York]]. At Cornell, he lettered in football at left [[defensive end]] 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= |work= |publisher=Cornell University Athletics |accessdate=2010-03-10}}</ref>
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>


An expert in labor arbitration, Fennell was first an [[Associate attorney|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.
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.


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=http://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= |work= |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= |work= |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= |work= |publisher=[[Public.Resource.Org]] |accessdate=2010-03-10}}</ref>
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 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= |work= |publisher=Cornell University Athletics |accessdate=2010-03-10}}</ref>
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>


==References==
==References==
Line 44: Line 41:
==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]
* [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2435356 ''Mr. Shearman and Mr. Sterling and how They Grew'', 1963, Yale University Press]
* [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2435356 ''Mr. Shearman and Mr. Sterling and how They Grew'', 1963, Yale University Press]


{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
| NAME =Fennell, Thomas F
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION =
| DATE OF BIRTH =1904-03-01
| PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Bronx, New York]]
| DATE OF DEATH =1991-05-23
| PLACE OF DEATH =[[New York, New York]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fennell, Thomas F}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fennell, Thomas F}}
[[Category:1904 births]]
[[Category:1904 births]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:Cornell University alumni]]
[[Category:American football ends]]
[[Category:Cornell Big Red football coaches]]
[[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]]

[[Category:Sportspeople from the Bronx]]
{{collegefootball-stub}}
[[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

[edit]

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

[edit]
  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.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_F._Fennell&oldid=1235284485"