C. E. Woodruff Explained

C. E. Woodruff
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1896
Coach Team2:Alma
Coach Years3:1899
Coach Team3:Nashville
Coach Years4:1900
Coach Team4:Iowa State
Coach Sport5:Baseball
Coach Years6:1901
Coach Team6:Iowa State
Overall Record:8–6–3 (football)
4–4 (baseball)

Charles Elmer Woodruff was an American reverend, educator and college football and college baseball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Alma College in Alma, Michigan in 1896 and Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now known as Iowa State University—in Ames, Iowa in 1900. Woodruff was also the head baseball coach at Iowa State in 1901.

Education

Woodruff graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in 1886 and was later a divinity student at the University of Chicago.[2] [3]

Coaching career

Alma

Woodruff was the head football coach at Alma College in Alma, Michigan for one season, in 1896, compiling a record of 2–0–1.[4]

Nashville

In 1899, he served as the head football coach at the University of Nashville.[5]

Iowa State

In 1900, Iowa State College hired Woodruff as a "director of physical culture and instructor in Latin."[6] Woodruff served as the fifth head coach for the Iowa State football team during the 1900 season. His coaching record at Iowa state was 2–5–1.[7]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=kNLhAAAAMAAJ Within our Bounds: A Centennial History of Alma College
  2. News: . Changes At The State College . . . July 29, 1900 . 10 . July 19, 2022 . .
  3. Book: . General Alumni Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania, 1922 . . 1922 . 64 . July 19, 2022 . .
  4. Web site: DeLassus. David. Alma Coaching Records. College Football Data Warehouse. November 24, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101121043532/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/miaa/alma/coaching_records.php. November 21, 2010.
  5. News: . To-morrow's Game Will Be Great . . . November 29, 1899 . 8 . July 25, 2023 . .
  6. Earle Dudley Ross, A History of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, p. 221, Iowa State College Press, 1942.
  7. Web site: DeLassus. David. Iowa State Coaching Records. November 24, 2010. College Football Data Warehouse. April 20, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150420215647/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/i/iowa_state/coaching_records.php. dead.

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