Charles Winter Wood (December 17, 1869 – June 9, 1953) was an American educator and actor[1] who graduated from Beloit College in Beloit, WI. He was the second head football coach at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama and he held that position for four seasons, from 1897 until 1901. His coaching record at Tuskegee was 1–3.[2] Wood spent 30 years at the Tuskegee Institute in the English and Drama departments. He was also an actor.[3]
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| Biographical details | |
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| Born | December 17, 1869 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | June 9, 1953 (aged 83) Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1897–1901 | Tuskegee |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–3 |
Wood died in 1953 at a hospital Queens, New York of an illness.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Who's who in the South and Southwest: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Men and Women of the Southern and Southwestern States". Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin. August 14, 1947 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Tuskegee Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008.
- ^ a b "Archives: Charles Winter Wood". Beloit College Archives. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
- ^ "The New York Age from New York, New York on June 20, 1953 · Page 16". Newspapers.com. June 20, 1953.
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