| George Woodward | |
| Birth Date: | 25 October 1894 |
| Birth Place: | near Clinton, Kansas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | near Chillicothe, Missouri, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1917 |
| Player Team2: | Kansas |
| Player Positions: | Running back |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1920–1922 |
| Coach Team2: | Fort Hays State |
| Coach Years3: | 1923–1926 |
| Coach Team3: | Washburn |
| Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
| Coach Years5: | 1920–1923 |
| Coach Team5: | Fort Hays State |
| Admin Years1: | 1923–1927 |
| Admin Team1: | Washburn |
| Overall Record: | 17–33–6 (football) 14–33 (basketball) |
| Championships: | Football 1 KCAC (1921) |
George J. "Rook" Woodward (October 25, 1894 – December 27, 1968) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball.
Woodward was the fifth head college football coach for the Fort Hays State University Tigers located in Hays, Kansas and he held that position for three seasons, from 1920 until 1922. Football legend Walter Camp called the 1922 team "a well disciplined organization that fought as a unit.[1]
Woodward left Fort Hays to become the 18th head football coach for Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas and he held that position for four seasons, from 1923 until 1926. His overall coaching record at Washburn was 7 wins, 23 losses, and 4 ties. This ranks him 21st at Washburn in terms of total wins and 32nd at Washburn in terms of winning percentage.[2]
In 1938, Woodward led an insurance organization in Cincinnati, Ohio.[3] He died in a car accident near Chillicothe, Missouri in 1968. He had been living in Columbus, Missouri at the time and was 74 years old.