George Woodward (American football)

American football player and coach (1894–1968)

George Woodward
Biographical details
Woodward pictured in Reveille 1923, Fort Hays yearbook
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.

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.

Later life

In 1938, Woodward led an insurance organization in Cincinnati, Ohio. 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
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

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

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Fort Hays State Tigers head football coaches

Unknown (1902–1907)
Claude Bice (1908–1909)
No team (1910–1911)
Ira Van Cleave (1912–1914)
W. G. Speer (1915–1918)
Alfred J. Robertson (1919)
George Woodward & Ralph Archer (1920)
George Woodward (1921–1922)
William D. Weidlein (1923–1928)
Andrew Frank Schoeppel (1929)
W. C. Riley (1930–1934)
James J. Yeager (1935)
Paul D. Waldorf (1936–1941)
Bill Bearley (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Ralph Huffman (1946–1955)
Wayne J. McConnell (1956–1968)
Tom Stromgren (1969–1971)
Bill Giles (1972–1978)
Bobby Thompson (1979–1980)
Jim Gilstrap (1981–1983)
Bobby Thompson (1984)
John Vincent (1985–1989)
Bob Cortese (1990–1997)
Jeff Leiker (1998–2000)
Tim O'Connor (2001–2004)
Kevin Verdugo (2005–2010)
Chris Brown (2011–2019)
No team (2020)
Chris Brown (2021– )

Fort Hays State Tigers men's basketball head coaches

Unknown (1907–1916)
W. G. Speer (1916–1919)
A. J. Robertson (1919–1920)
George Woodward (1920–1923)
Frank Mandeville (1923–1927)
Harold Schmidt (1927–1930)
Paul B. Gross (1930–1943)
Bill Whitaker (1943–1944)
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Paul B. Gross (1945–1946)
Cade Suran (1946–1957)
Paul B. Gross & Wayne McConnell # (1957–1958)
Cade Suran (1958–1965)
Charles G. Brehm (1965–1977)
Joe Rosado (1977–1981)
Rob Garrett (1981–1982)
Bill Morse (1982–1991)
Gary Garner (1991–1997)
Chad Wintz (1987–2001)
Mark Johnson (2001– )

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Washburn Ichabods athletic directors

M. W. Axtell (1895)
John H. Outland (1904–1905)
Garfield Weede (1905–1909)
Bob Stewart (1909–1910)
William L. Driver (1910–1913)
Glen Gray (1913–1916)
A. R. Kennedy (1916–1919)
Ernest Bearg (1919–1921)
Dwight Ream (1921–1922)
Glenn D. Vosburg (1922)
George Woodward (1923–1927)
Roy Wynne (1927–1929)
Ernest Bearg (1929–1936)
Elmer Holm (1936–1942)
Charles Errickson (1942–1944)
Dick Godlove (1944–1964)
Bill Jennings (1964–1965)
Michael Sarkesian (1965–1973)
Pete Martin (1973–1974)
Ed Head (1974–1979)
Glenn Cafer (1979–1983)
Jerry Robertson (1983–1988)
Greg Staufer # (1989–1990)
Rich Johanningmeier (1990–1995)
Janet Degginger # (1995–1996)
Loren Ferré (1996– )

# denotes interim athletic director

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Walter Griffiths (1896)
Paul Coldren (1897–1898)
William Melford (1899)
Bennie Owen (1900)
Lawrence Banks (1901)
H. Ward Page (1902)
A. R. Kennedy (1903)
John H. Outland (1904–1905)
Garfield Weede (1906–1908)
Robert Stewart (1909–1910)
William L. Driver (1911–1912)
Glen Gray (1913–1915)
A. R. Kennedy (1916–1917)
Ernest Bearg (1918–1919)
Dwight Ream (1920–1921)
Glenn D. Vosburg (1922)
George Woodward (1923–1926)
Roy Wynne (1927–1928)
Ernest Bearg (1929–1935)
Elmer Holm (1936–1941)
Bob Raugh (1942–1943)
Charles Errickson (1944)
Lew Lane (1945)
Dick Godlove (1946–1958)
Ralph Brown (1959–1961)
Ellis Rainsberger (1962–1964)
Ed Linta (1965–1966)
Bill Schaake (1967–1968)
Harold Elliott (1969–1970)
Bob Noblitt (1971–1973)
Larry Elliott (1974–1978)
Gary Hampton (1979–1980)
Glenn Jagodzinske (1981–1982)
George Tardiff (1983–1984)
Larry Elliott (1984–1989)
Dennis Caryl (1990–1993)
Andy Williams # (1993)
Tony DeMeo (1994–2001)
Craig Schurig (2002–2019)
No team (2020)
Craig Schurig (2021–2024)
Zach Watkins (2025– )

# denotes interim head coach

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