S. Woodrow Sponaugle Explained

S. Woodrow Sponaugle
Birth Date:24 September 1915
Birth Place:Marshall, West Virginia, U.S.
Death Place:Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1934–1936
Player Team2:Franklin & Marshall
Player Positions:Center
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1937
Coach Team2:Emmaus HS (PA) (assistant)
Coach Years3:1938–1940
Coach Team3:Columbia HS (PA)
Coach Years4:1941–1942
Coach Team4:Newark Academy (NJ)
Coach Years5:1943–1947
Coach Team5:J. P. McCaskey HS (PA)
Coach Years6:1948–1962
Coach Team6:Franklin & Marshall
Coach Sport7:Basketball
Coach Years8:1938–1941
Coach Team8:Columbia HS (PA)
Coach Years9:1941–1943
Coach Team9:Newark Academy (NJ)
Coach Years10:1948–1963
Coach Team10:Franklin & Marshall
Coach Sport11:Track
Coach Years12:1938–1941
Coach Team12:Columbia HS (PA)
Coach Years13:1941–1943
Coach Team13:Newark Academy (NJ)
Admin Years1:1963–1967
Admin Team1:Franklin & Marshall
Overall Record:59–58–6 (college football)
141–140 (college basketball)
Awards:First-team Little All-American (1935)

Solomon Woodrow Sponaugle (September 24, 1915 – April 30, 1967) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach.

Biography

Sponaugle was born on September 24, 1915, in Marshall, West Virginia, to William Okey Sponaugle and Emma Warner. He and his family moved to a farm near Hershey, Pennsylvania. Sponaugle graduated from Hershey High School in 1933.

Sponaugle served as the head football coach at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He held that position for 15 seasons, from 1948 until 1962. His football coaching record at Franklin & Marshall was 59–58–6.[1] He previously taught at a Lancaster County high school.

Sponaugle died on April 30, 1967, at Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, after a long illness.[2] [3] [4]

Head coaching record

College football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DeLassus . David . Franklin & Marshall Coaching Records . . April 9, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101121025504/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/centennial/franklin_marshall/coaching_records.php . November 21, 2010.
  2. News: . Woody Sponaugle Dies, Coach, Dies At 51 . . . May 1, 1967 . 1 . May 23, 2023 . .
  3. News: . Woody Sponaugle Dies Dies At 51 (continued) . . . May 1, 1967 . 15 . May 23, 2023 . .
  4. News: . Franklin-Marshall Athletic Director Sponaugle Dies . . . May 1, 1967 . 7 . May 23, 2023 . .