 He was the center on the 1895 football team quarterbacked by Cornell's first All-American, Clint Wyckoff.Fennell was Penn State's first full-time head football coach and served in that capacity from 1904-08, compiling a five-year record of 33-17-1, with his [19]06 team going 8-1-1.He gave up coaching to devote time to his law practice in Elmira, N.Y., and later served as a judge of the New York State Court of Claims, and as first deputy Attorney-General of New York.