Paul Scull

Paul Scull

Penn Quakers
File:Paul Scull.jpg Paul Scull, 1928–1929, varsity basketball player
Date of birth	September 4, 1907
Place of birth	Merchantville, New Jersey
Date of death
Place of death	Charlotte, North Carolina
Career information
Position(s)	Halfback, Punter
Weight	185 lb (84 kg)
College	Penn
Career history
As player
1926–1928	Penn
Career highlights and awards
Consensus first-team All-American, 1928

Paul Thomas "Butterball" Scull, Sr. (September 4, 1907 – December 11, 1997) was an American football player. Considered a triple-threat man while playing for Penn from 1926 to 1928, he was a consensus first-team All-American halfback in 1928.

Early years

Born in New Jersey, Scull moved with his family to Lower Merion, Pennsylvania as a boy. He played high school football at Lower Merion High School from 1922 to 1924, helping lead the team to a 26-0-1 record during his three years as a player.

Penn

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Newspaper cartoon of Scull, November 1928

Scull played at the halfback and punter positions for the University of Pennsylvania from 1926 to 1928. In November 1927, he was elected to serve as the captain of Penn's 1928 football team. He was a consensus first-team All-American in 1928. He holds Penn's all-time record with 312 all-purpose yards in a game.

Later years

Scull was one of 11 All-American football players to appear in the 1930 film "Maybe It's Love".

He became a physical education instructor at Penn after graduating. In 1964, he was selected as a second-team halfback on the All-Time Philadelphia All Scholastic Team. He was inducted into the University of Pennsylvania Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003. In his later years, Scull lived in North Carolina. He was employed for 36 years in the personnel department of Hercules Inc. He died in 1997 at Charlotte, North Carolina.