Arthur Clinton "Woody" Woodward (June 9, 1883 – February 2, 1950) was an American
minor league baseball player and a
football and
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
coach. He spent three seasons playing minor league baseball for teams in
New England
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before embarking on a coaching career. Woodward served as the head football coach at State Normal School at Cheney—now known as
Eastern Washington University
Eastern Washington University (EWU) is a public university in Cheney, Washington. It also offers programs at a campus in EWU Spokane at the Riverpoint Campus and other campus locations throughout the state.
Founded in 1882, the university is ...
—from 1927 to 1928, compiling a record of 7–8.
He was also the school's head basketball coach from 1927 to 1930, tallying a mark of 26–29.
Head coaching record
Football
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1883 births
1950 deaths
Baseball first basemen
Eastern Washington Eagles football coaches
Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball coaches
Fall River Indians players
Lowell Tigers players
High school football coaches in Washington (state)
Sportspeople from Taunton, Massachusetts
Baseball players from Bristol County, Massachusetts
Basketball coaches from Massachusetts
20th-century American sportsmen