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.
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]