Woody Wagenhorst Explained

Woody Wagenhorst
Birth Date:3 June 1863
Birth Place:Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Washington, D.C., U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1886–1887
Player Team2:Princeton
Player Years3:1888
Player Team3:Penn
Player Sport4:Baseball
Player Years5:1888
Player Team5:Philadelphia Quakers
Player Years6:1889
Player Team6:Minneapolis Millers
Player Years7:1889
Player Team7:St. Paul Apostles
Player Years8:1890–1891
Player Team8:Penn
Player Positions:End (football)
Third baseman (baseball)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1888–1891
Coach Team2:Penn
Overall Record:39–18
Woody Wagenhorst
Bats:Left
Throws:Unknown
Birth Date:3 June 1863
Birth Place:Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania
Death Place:Washington, D.C.
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:June 25
Debutteam:Philadelphia Quakers
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:June 25
Finalteam:Philadelphia Quakers
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Games
Stat1value:2
Stat2label:At bats
Stat2value:8
Stat3label:Hits
Stat3value:1
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Elwood Otto "Woody" Wagenhorst (June 3, 1863 – February 12, 1946) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He played Major League Baseball as a third baseman for the Philadelphia Quakers in . In two career games, he had one hit in eight at-bats.[1] Wagenhorst served as the head football coach at the University of Pennsylvania from 1888 to 1891, compiling a record of 39–18.

Biography

Wagenhorst was born in Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania in 1863. He played baseball and football while attending Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey). At the time of his graduation from Princeton, on June 8, 1888, he debuted at third base for the Philadelphia Quakers in the National League. After playing in only two games, Wagenhorst soon accepted an invitation to become coach of Penn's second paid football team, succeeding Frank Dole. For his coaching duties, Wagenhorst was paid $275.[2]

In the fall of 1888 as Wagenhorst served the Penn football team as its coach, trainer and he even played end briefly that season. In 1889, while coaching at Penn, Wagenhorst enrolled in Law School. As a Penn law student, Wagenhorst also became third-baseman and captain of the school's 1890 and 1891 baseball teams.

After graduating in 1892, he became a private secretary for a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and later Mayor of Philadelphia, John E. Reyburn. Wagenhorst later practiced law in Washington D. C. until his death in 1946.[3]

He was a brother of football player and coach Otto Wagenhorst.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/princeton_university_baseball_players.shtml Princeton University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues
  2. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/111209-2.html Penn Current November 12, 2009
  3. Web site: Elwood Otto Wagenhurst 1863–1946. Penn People. University Archives & Records Center, University of Pennsylvania. February 19, 2024.