Frank Edwin Wood (February 26, 1891 – January 1, 1972), incorrectly identified as Frank E. Worth in current media guides,[citation needed] was an American football coach and mathematics professor.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 26, 1891 Wamego, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | January 1, 1972 (aged 80) Creswell, Oregon, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Baker (KS) (BA, 1912) Kansas (AM, 1914) Chicago (Ph.D., 1920) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1917 | New Mexico |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–2 |
Education
editWood received a B.A. from Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas in 1912, an AM degree from the University of Kansas in 1914,[1] and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1920.
Coaching career
editHe served as the head football coach at the University of New Mexico in 1917, accepting duties on short notice while regular coach Ralph Hutchinson was called into military service during World War I.[2]
Academic career
editWood served as a faculty member at a number of institutions, including Northwestern University,[3] Princeton University, the University of Oregon, as well as the University of New Mexico.[4]
Football statistician
editWood, billed as a "nationally known football statistician," wrote a football column for the Wisconsin State Journal carried by the Central Press Association.[5]
National championship selections
editIn his column, Wood made the following national championship selections for college football.
| Season | Champion | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Georgia Tech[6] | 10–0 |
| 1929 | Utah[7] | 7–0 |
| 1930 | Alabama[8] | 10–1 |
| 1931 | Tulane[5] | 11–1 |
| 1932 | Colgate[9] | 9–0 |
| 1933 | Princeton[10] | 9–0 |
| 1934 | Alabama[11] | 10–0 |
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of New Mexico (Independent) (1917) | |||||||||
| 1917 | University of New Mexico | 1–2 | |||||||
| University of New Mexico: | 1–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 1–2 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Titles to Theses Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Advanced Degrees in the Graduate School". University of Kansas. 1920. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- ^ "The Mirage". 1918. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- ^ Register of Doctors of Philosophy of the University of Chicago, June 1893-December 1921. University of Chicago Press. 1922. ISBN 9781230056395. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Catalogue of the University of New Mexico". University of New Mexico. 1918. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ a b Wood, Frank E. (December 8, 1931). "Tulane Is National Champion, Wood Says". Wisconsin State Journal. Central Press Association. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
Tulane University, the pride of the south, is gridiron champion of the United States, the national football standings show.
- ^ Wood, Frank E. (December 21, 1928). "Georgia Tech, Boston, Detroit and Southern California Lead". Quad-City Times. Central Press Association. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ Wood, Frank E. (December 4, 1929). "National Football Standings: Utah, Tennessee, Pittsburgh, Tulane". Somerset Daily Herald. Central Press Association. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ Wood, Frank E. (December 10, 1930). "Final Football Standings: Alabama, Washington State, Colgate, Notre Dame". The Lima Morning Star and Republican-Gazette. Central Press Association. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ Wood, Frank E. (December 10, 1932). "National Grid Standings: Colgate, USC, Michigan". The Montana Standard. Central Press Association. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ Wood, Frank E. (December 9, 1933). "Princeton Tiger National Champ". The Dispatch. Central Press Association. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ Wood, Frank E. (December 6, 1934). "National Football Standings: Alabama, Stanford, Minnesota". The Morning Call. Central Press Association. Retrieved November 20, 2023.