George Washington Woodruff
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 22, 1864 Dimock, Pennsylvania |
| Died | March 24, 1934 (aged 70) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Playing career | |
| 1885–1888 | Yale |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1892–1901 | Penn |
| 1903 | Illinois |
| 1905 | Carlisle Indian |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 142–25–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 National (1894–1895, 1897) | |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1963 (profile) |
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| Attorney General of Pennsylvania | |
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In office January 20, 1923 – January 18, 1927 |
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| Governor | Gifford Pinchot |
| Preceded by | George Alter |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Baldrige |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Republican |
George Washington Woodruff (February 22, 1864 – March 24, 1934) was an American football player, rower, coach, teacher, lawyer and politician. He served as the head football coach at the University of Pennsylvania (1892–1901), the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (1903), and Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1905), compiling a career college football record of 142–25–2. Woodruff's Penn teams of 1894, 1895, and 1897 have been recognized as national champions. Woodruff was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1963.
Woodruff graduated from Yale University in 1889, where he was a member of Skull and Bones, and the University of Pennsylvania where he earned his LL.B. law degree in 1895. His football teammates at Yale included Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pudge Heffelfinger, and Pa Corbin.
At Penn, Woodruff coached Truxtun Hare, Carl Sheldon Williams, John H. Outland, his brother Wylie G. Woodruff, and Charles Gelbert. In his ten years of coaching at Penn, Woodruff compiled a 124–15–2 record while his teams scored 1777 points and only gave up 88. He also coached one year each at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
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