Dick Woodard

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Dick Woodard
Date of birth: (1926-07-26) July 26, 1926
Place of birth: Britt, Iowa, U.S.
Career information
Position(s): Center
College: Iowa
NFL Draft: 1948 / Round: 21 / Pick: 186
(by the New York Giants)
Organizations
As player:
1949
1950-1951
1952
1953
Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)
New York Giants
Washington Redskins
New York Giants
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com

Richard Ernest Woodard (born July 26, 1926 in Britt, Iowa) is a former American football center in the National Football League for the New York Giants and Washington Redskins. Woodard also played in the All-America Football Conference for the Los Angeles Dons.[1]

He played college football at the University of Iowa and was drafted in the 21st round of the 1948 NFL Draft by the Giants.[2] In 1948, Woodard was an honorable mention selection for the All-Big Nine team.[3]

References

  1. Palmer, Pete; Pullis, Ken; Lahman, Sean; Silverman, Matthew; Gillette, Gary. The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia: First Edition, p. 743. ESPN Books, 2006. ISBN 978-1-4027-4216-3.
  2. Palmer et al., p. 1389.
  3. Einstein, Charles. "INS Experts Name All-Big Nine Team". The News and Courier (Charleston, S.C.), November 21, 1948, p. One-D. Retrieved on July 15, 2013.


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