Walter W. Wood
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 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 (IL) |
| 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
[edit]- ^ "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.
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