Wade Woodworth Explained

Wade Woodworth
Birth Date:23 August 1905
Birth Place:Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Death Place:Volusia County, Florida, U.S.
Player Years1:1928–1930
Player Team1:Northwestern
Player Positions:Guard
Coach Years1:1931–1932
Coach Team1:Cincinnati (line)
Coach Years2:1933–1934
Coach Team2:Morgan Park HS (IL)
Coach Years3:1937
Coach Team3:Cincinnati (line)
Coach Years4:1937
Coach Team4:Cincinnati
Overall Record:0–5 (college)
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Wade Stowell "Red" Woodworth (August 23, 1905 – June 29, 1992) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati for the final five games of the 1937 season.

Woodworth played college football at Northwestern University as a guard. On May 9, 1931, he won the fourth annual Albany to New York water marathon, an outboard motor race.[1] Woodworth signed a contract with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) to play professional football, but withdrew from the agreement to begin his coaching career an assistant coach at Cincinnati in the fall of 1931.[2] Woodworth owned a midget car racing stable and was in the fish transportation business before returning to Cincinnati as line coach in 1937.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Hailey . Foster . Former Grid Star Boat Race Victor . . . . May 11, 1931 . 17 . May 8, 2023 . .
  2. News: . To Coach Cincinnati . . . September 4, 1931 . 17 . May 8, 2023 . .
  3. News: Forsythe . Wally . Woodworth On U.C. Job . . . September 3, 1937 . 16 . May 8, 2023 . .