Walter W. Wood
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Madison, Illinois, U.S.
Alton, Illinois, U.S.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 28, 1894 Madison, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | January 18, 1980 (aged 85) Alton, Illinois, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1914–1915 | Kansas |
| 1919 | Kansas |
| Baseball | |
| 1915–1916 | Kansas |
| 1920 | Kansas |
| Positions | Quarterback, center (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1916 | Alton HS (IL) |
| 1920 | Shurtleff |
| 1922 | Shurtleff |
| 1923–1924 | Muhlenberg |
| 1925–1933 | Shurtleff |
| Basketball | |
| 1924–1925 | Muhlenberg |
| ?–1934 | Shurtleff |
| 1939–? | Alton HS (IL) |
| Baseball | |
| 1924–1925 | Muhlenberg |
Walter Winfred "Punk" Wood (September 28, 1894 – January 18, 1980) was an American football player and a football, basketball, and baseball coach. He lettered three times as a quarterback and center at the University of Kansas (1914–1915, 1919).[1]
Wood attended Alton High School in Alton, Illinois, where he was captain and quarterback for the football team in 1912.[2] He served in the United States Army during World War I.[3]
Wood coached at Alton High School during the 1916–17 academic year. In 1920, he was hired as coach and head of athletics at Shurtleff College in Alton.[4]
Wood left his coaching position at Shurtleff at the close of the basketball season in 1934 to head the sports department at Owens-Illinois, Inc.—now known as O-I Glass.[5] He was later the personnel director for the firm's plant in Alton. In 1944, Wood was transferred to Toledo, Ohio, where he worked a general veterans coordinator until 1948, when he was appointed the personnel director of O-I's Kimble Glass division. He remained in that role until his retirement, in 1959, when he returned to Alton. He died on January 18, 1980, in Alton.[3]
