Dick Woodard

Dick Woodard
No. 51, 56
Position: Center
Personal information
Date of birth: (1926-07-26) July 26, 1926
Place of birth: Britt, Iowa
Career information
High school: Fort Dodge (Iowa)
College: Iowa
NFL Draft: 1948 / Round: 21 / Pick: 186
(by the New York Giants)
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 47
Interceptions: 4
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Richard Ernest Woodard (born July 26, 1926) is a former American football center in the National Football League for the New York Giants and Washington Redskins. Woodard also played in the All-America Football Conference for the Los Angeles Dons.[1]

Woodward was born in Britt, Iowa. He played college football at the University of Iowa and was drafted in the 21st round of the 1948 NFL Draft by the Giants.[2] In 1948, Woodard was an honorable mention selection for the All-Big Nine team.[3]

References

  1. Palmer, Pete; Pullis, Ken; Lahman, Sean; Silverman, Matthew; Gillette, Gary. The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia: First Edition, p. 743. ESPN Books, 2006. ISBN 978-1-4027-4216-3.
  2. Palmer et al., p. 1389.
  3. Einstein, Charles. "INS Experts Name All-Big Nine Team". The News and Courier (Charleston, S.C.), November 21, 1948, p. One-D. Retrieved on July 15, 2013.


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