Walter W. Wood
American football player and sports coach (1894–1980)
Biographical details | |
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Born | 1894 (1894) |
Died | 1980 (aged 85–86) |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1914–1915 | Kansas |
1919 | Kansas |
Position(s) | Quarterback, center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1920 | Shurtleff |
1922 | Shurtleff |
1923–1924 | Muhlenberg |
1925–1933 | Shurtleff |
Basketball | |
1924–1925 | Muhlenberg |
1939–? | Alton HS |
Baseball | |
1924–1925 | Muhlenberg |
Walter W. "Punk" Wood (1894 – 1980) was an American football player and a football, basketball, and baseball coach. He lettered three times as a quarterback and center at the University of Kansas (1914–1915, 1919).[1]
Wood began his coaching career at Shurtleff College in Illinois.[2] He followed that up with tenures as the head football coach (1923–1924),[3] head men's basketball coach (1924–1925), and head baseball coach (1924–1925)[citation needed] at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He returned to his hometown of Alton, Illinois to serve as a coach at the local high school.[4]
References
- ^ "2018 Football Media Guide". Kansas Jayhawks football. 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ "1912 Team as Class Talks Reunion". Alton Evening Telegraph. September 27, 1962. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ "The Muhlenberg Weekly (1959-1960)". Muhlenberg College. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Walter Wood". Alton Evening Telegraph. February 21, 1934. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
External links
- Walter W. Wood at Find a Grave
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Kansas Jayhawks starting quarterbacks
- Bennie Owen
- Walter W. Wood
- Andrew McDonald
- John Hadl
- Bobby Douglass
- David Jaynes
- Nolan Cromwell
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- Mike Norseth
- Kelly Donohoe
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- Asheiki Preston
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- Jay Alexander
- Dylen Smith
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- Bill Whittemore
- Adam Barmann
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- Kerry Meier
- Todd Reesing
- Kale Pick
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- Dayne Crist
- Mike Cummings
- Jake Heaps
- Montell Cozart
- Ryan Willis
- Carter Stanley
- Peyton Bender
- Thomas MacVittie
- Jalon Daniels
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