George Woodward (American football)

George Woodward

Woodward pictured in Reveille 1923, Fort Hays yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1894-10-25)October 25, 1894 near Clinton, Kansas, U.S.
Died	December 27, 1968(1968-12-27) (aged 74) near Chillicothe, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1917	Kansas
Position(s)	Running back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920–1922	Fort Hays State
1923–1926	Washburn
Basketball
1920–1923	Fort Hays State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1923–1927	Washburn
Head coaching record
Overall	17–33–6 (football) 14–33 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 1 KCAC (1921)

George J. "Rook" Woodward (October 25, 1894 – December 27, 1968) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball.

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]

Later life

In 1938, Woodward led an insurance organization in Cincinnati, Ohio.[3] He died in a car accident near Chillicothe, Missouri in 1968. He had been living in Columbus, Missouri at the time and was 74 years old.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Fort Hays State Tigers (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1920–1922)
1920	Fort Hays State	2–5–1	2–3–1	T–9th
1921	Fort Hays State	6–1	6–0	1st
1922	Fort Hays State	2–4–1	2–4–1	12th
Fort Hays State:		10–10–2	10–7–2
Washburn Ichabods (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1923–1926)
1923	Washburn	0–8–2	0–6–2	16th
1924	Washburn	2–7	1–6	6th
1925	Washburn	2–4–1	2–4–1	10th
1926	Washburn	3–4–1	3–3–1	8th
Washburn:		7–23–4	6–19–4
Total:		17–33–6

References

1. 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. "History - Ichabod NCAA All-Americans" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2021.
3. "Lawrence Journal-World - Google News Archive Search".