Bill_Wood_(American_football)

Bill Wood (American football)

Bill Wood (American football)

American football player and coach (1894–1966)

Not to be confused with William H. Wood (American football).

William Wallace Wood (November 15, 1894 – August 20, 1966) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Gettysburg College from 1919 to 1926 and at Wesleyan University from 1927 to 1929, compiling a career college football record of 51–36–7. Wood played football at Pennsylvania State College from 1913 to 1915. While coaching at Wesleyan, Wood earned a degree from the Yale Divinity School.[1]

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Wood was born on November 15, 1894, in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He was ordained a Presbyterian minister and was appointed chaplain at Sailors' Snug Harbor in Staten Island, New York, in 1939. He remained there until 1957, when he retired to a farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Wood died of a blood disorder on August 20, 1966, at a hospital in York, Pennsylvania.[2]

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  1. [1]
    "Former Coach To Speak Here: Bill Wood Will Address Students Of College On Special Program". The Star and Sentinel. December 5, 1931. Retrieved June 10, 2011 – via Google News.
  2. [2]
    "Bill Wood Dies, Was Wesleyan Football Coach". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. August 28, 1966. p. 14. Retrieved March 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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