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]