Fuzzy Woodruff
| Fuzzy Woodruff | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lorenzo Ferguson Woodruff May 27, 1884 Montgomery, Alabama |
| Died | December 7, 1929 (aged 45) Atlanta, Georgia |
| Occupation | Sportswriter |
| Alma mater | University of Alabama |
Lorenzo Ferguson "Fuzzy" Woodruff (May 27, 1884 – December 7, 1929) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known throughout most of the southeast for his vivid writing. He was also a music and drama critic. He began his newspaper career as a member of the Montgomery Advertiser in 1907. Among the newspapers he served were the Birmingham News, the Birmingham Age-Herald, the New Orleans States, the Mobile Register, the New York Evening World, the Chicago Inter-Ocean, the Chicago Examiner, the St. Louis Dispatch, the Atlanta Constitution, the Atlanta Georgian, and the Atlanta Journal.
Recalling the only game in which the 'Iron Men' of the undefeated 1899 Sewanee Tigers football team, who won five road games in six days, were scored upon–by John Heisman's Auburn team in a close 11 to 10 win, Woodruff wrote:
Under Heisman's tutelage, Auburn played with a marvelous speed and dash that couldn't be gainsaid and which fairly swept Sewanee off its feet. Only the remarkable punting of Simkins kept the game from being a debacle.
I recall vividly one incident of the game, which demonstrates clearly just how surprising was Sewanee's victory.
The Purple was taking time out. They began this early in the game, when their athletes appeared tired and worn whereas Auburn men were full of fight and fire.
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