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Bill Wood (other)
Bill Wood may refer to: * Bill Wood (American football) (1894–1966), American football player and coach, head football coach at Gettysburg College and Wesleyan University * Bill Wood (Australian footballer) (1921–1989), Australian rules footballer * Bill Wood (footballer, born 1927), English footballer * Bill Wood (politician) (1935–2024), Australian politician * Bill Wood (baseball) (born 1941), baseball scout See also * William Wood (other) {{hndis, Wood, Bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Wood (American Football)
William Wallace Wood (November 15, 1894 – August 20, 1966) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Gettysburg College from 1919 to 1926 and at Wesleyan University from 1927 to 1929, compiling a career college football record of 51–36–7. Wood played football at Pennsylvania State College from 1913 to 1915. While coaching at Wesleyan, Wood earned a degree from the Yale Divinity School. Wood was born on November 15, 1894, in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He was ordained a Presbyterian minister and was appointed chaplain at Sailors' Snug Harbor in Staten Island, New York, in 1939. He remained there until 1957, when he retired to a farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Wood died of a blood disorder on August 20, 1966, at a hospital in York, Pennsylvania York ( Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Yarrick''), known as the White Rose City (after the symbol of the House of York), is the county seat of York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Wood (Australian Footballer)
Bill Wood (9 November 1921 – 11 September 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the VFL. Career Prior to joining Footscray he played with South Sydney where he was renowned for his goalkicking, managing 28 goals in a match against Sydney Naval in 1943. Footscray's Harry Hickey Henry Robert Hickey (19 July 1917 – 14 September 1999) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Footscray Bulldogs in the Victorian Football League. He began his career as a rover and half forward flanker before he moved into ..., with whom Wood served in the military, recommended him to the club and after impressing in the try outs he signed up for the 1944 season. On debut against Collingwood he kicked 9 goals, at the time a league record and still the club record, eventually finishing the year with 51. He missed the 1945 season due to war service but returned in 1946 and topped the club's goalkicking for three successive seasons. His best tal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Wood (footballer, Born 1927)
William Wood (28 December 1927 – July 2010) was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back for Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t .... References 1927 births 2010 deaths Footballers from Barnsley English men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Sunderland A.F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players Sheffield United F.C. players Wisbech Town F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-defender-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Wood (politician)
Bill Wood (born 4 November 1935) is an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland and later the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Queensland Parliament as the Labor member for Cook in 1969, transferring in 1972 to the new seat of Barron River. He was defeated in 1974 by Country Party candidate Martin Tenni. Wood was elected the first ACT Legislative Assembly in 1989, re-elected to the 2nd Assembly in 1992, elected to represent Brindabella in the Assembly in 1995, 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ... and 2001 general elections. He did not contest the 2004 ACT general election. Wood was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2013 Australia Day Honours for "significa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Wood (baseball)
Bill Wood (born 1941) is an American former baseball executive. He was the general manager (baseball), general manager (GM) of the Houston Astros from 1987 to 1993. He later worked in the front office of the Cincinnati Reds. Early life Wood was born in Wichita Falls, Texas. He studied at the University of Texas and graduated with a degree in business and statistics. Baseball career Wood started in baseball as the assistant general manager for the Albuquerque Dukes, a farm club of the Los Angeles Dodgers, in 1969. He moved within the Dodgers minor league system to serve as general manager of the Daytona Beach (1970) and El Paso teams (1971-72). After serving as general manager and part-owner of El Paso in 1973, he was hired to serve as assistant to the President of the National Association (the governing body of the minor leagues), and he served under Hank Peters and Bobby Bragan from 1973 to 1976. Wood was hired in 1976 to work in minor league operations with the Houston Astros. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |