George Woodward (American football)

George Woodward
Woodward pictured in Reveille 1923, Fort Hays yearbook
Sport(s) Football, basketball
Playing career
Kansas[1]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920–1922
1923–1926

Basketball
1920–1923

Fort Hays State
Washburn


Fort Hays State
Head coaching record
Overall 17–33–1 (football)
14–33
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse

George J. Woodward was an American football player and coach of football and basketball in the United States.

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Coaching career

Fort Hays State

Woodward was the fifth head college football coach for the Fort Hays State University Tigers located in Hays, Kansas and he held that position for three seasons, from 1920 until 1922. Football legend Walter Camp called the 1922 team "a well disciplined organization that fought as a unit."[1]

Washburn

Woodward left Fort Hays to become the 18th head football coach for Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas and he held that position for four seasons, from 1923 until 1926. His overall coaching record at Washburn was 7 wins, 23 losses, and 4 ties. This ranks him 21st at Washburn in terms of total wins and 32nd at Washburn in terms of winning percentage.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association football guide "The official rules book and record book of college football" (edited by Walter Camp) Can Sports Publishing Company, 1922
  2. ^ http://www.wusports.com/documents/2007/7/30/07fbguide-127-137-history1.pdf?id=69

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