Walter W. Wood | |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1914–1915 |
Player Team2: | Kansas |
Player Years3: | 1919 |
Player Team3: | Kansas |
Player Positions: | Quarterback, center |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1920 |
Coach Team2: | Shurtleff |
Coach Years3: | 1922 |
Coach Team3: | Shurtleff |
Coach Years4: | 1923–1924 |
Coach Team4: | Muhlenberg |
Coach Years5: | 1925–1933 |
Coach Team5: | Shurtleff |
Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
Coach Years7: | 1924–1925 |
Coach Team7: | Muhlenberg |
Coach Years8: | 1939–? |
Coach Team8: | Alton HS (IL) |
Coach Sport9: | Baseball |
Coach Years10: | 1924–1925 |
Coach Team10: | Muhlenberg |
Walter W. "Punk" Wood (1894 – 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 began his coaching career at Shurtleff College in Illinois.[2] He followed that up with tenures as the head football coach (1923–1924),[3] head men's basketball coach (1924–1925), and head baseball coach (1924–1925) at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He returned to his hometown of Alton, Illinois to serve as a coach at the local high school.[4]