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.
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]