George Washington Woodruff

College coach infobox
Name = George W. Woodruff


Caption =
DateOfBirth = birth date|1864|02|22
Birthplace = Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
DateOfDeath = death date and age|1934|03|24|1864|02|22
Sport = Football
College =
Title = Head Coach
CurrentRecord =
OverallRecord = 142-25-2
Awards =
Championships = National Championship: 1895, 1897
CFbDWID = 2568
Player = Y
Years = 1885-1888
Team = Yale
Position =
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1892-1901
1903
1905
CoachTeams = University of Pennsylvania
University of Illinois
Carlisle Indian School
FootballHOF = 1963

George Washington Woodruff (February 22, 1864 - March 24, 1934) was an American football coach as well as a teacher, lawyer and politician.

Football

He was graduate of Yale University in 1889 and the University of Pennsylvania where he earned his LL.B. law degree in 1895. His teammates at Yale included Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pudge Heffelfinger, and Pa Corbin. At Penn he coached Truxton Hare, Carl Williams, and Charles Gelbert. In his ten years of coaching at Pennsylvania, Woodruff compiled a 124-15-2 record while scoring 1777 points and only giving up 88. He also coached one year each at the University of Illinois and Carlisle Indian School.

Coaching record

CFB Coaching Record Team
team = University of Pennsylvania Quakers
conf = independent
startyear = 1892
endyear = 1901CFB Coaching Record Entry
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year = 1892
team = Pennsylvania
overall = 15-1
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year = 1893
team = Pennsylvania
overall = 12-3
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championship = national
year = 1894
team = Pennsylvania
overall = 12-0
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year = 1895
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overall = 14-0
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year = 1896
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year = 1897
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year = 1898
team = Pennsylvania
overall = 12-1
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championship =
year = 1899
team = Pennsylvania
overall = 8-3-2
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year = 1900
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overall = 12-1
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year = 1901
team = Pennsylvania
overall = 10-5
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team = Pennsylvania
overall = 124-15-2
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team = University of Illinois Fighting Illini
conf = Big Ten
startyear = 1903
endyear = 1903CFB Coaching Record Entry
championship =
year = 1903
team = Illinois
overall = 8-6
conference = 1-5
confstanding = 7th
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team = Illinois
overall = 8-6
confrecord = 1-5 CFB Coaching Record Team
team = Carlisle Indian Industrial School Indians
conf = independent
startyear = 1905
endyear = 1905CFB Coaching Record Entry
championship =
year = 1905
team = Carlisle
overall = 10-4
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team = Carlisle
overall = 10-4
confrecord = CFB Coaching Record End
overall = 142-25-2
bcs = no
poll = no
polltype =

Note: Before 1936, national champions were determined by historical research and retroactive ratings and polls.
1894 Poll Results = Penn: Parke Davis, Princeton: Houlgate, Yale: Billingsley, Helms, National Championship Foundation, Parke Davis
1895 Poll Results = Penn: Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation, Parke Davis, Yale: Parke Davis
1897 Poll Results = Penn: Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation, Parke Davis, Yale: Parke Davis

Political career

After coaching Woodruff practiced law and was active in politics. His political career included being Acting Secretary of the Interior under President Theodore Roosevelt and Pennsylvania state attorney-general.

References

* [http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=2510 Year-by-year record at College Football Data Warehouse]
* [http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/people/1800s/woodruff_geo_w.html Biography at university of Pennsylvania Archives]
* [http://www.pennathletics.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1700&KEY=&ATCLID=518504&SPID=537&SPSID=60663 Penn 2006 media guide]
* [http://collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=90022 Biography at college football hall of fame]