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Tom Woods

Woods from the 1920 Harvard yearbook
Date of birth	November 10, 1896
Place of birth	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Date of death	January 8, 1978(1978-01-08) (aged 81)
Place of death	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Guard
US college	Harvard College
Career history
As player
1919–1920	Harvard Crimson
Career highlights and awards
National champion (1919) Consensus All-American (1920)

Thomas Smith Woods, Jr. (November 10, 1896 – January 8, 1978) was an American football player. He played for the Harvard Crimson football team and was selected as a consensus first-team All-American in 1920.

Woods was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from Brookline High School. He then attended Harvard College. However, his college education was interrupted by service in the United States Navy during World War I. He enlisted in April 1917, was commissioned as an ensign, and served on the U.S.S. Parthenia, U.S.S. Long Island, and U.S.S. Cleveland.

After the war, Woods returned to Harvard where he played college football at the guard position during the 1919 and 1920 seasons for the Harvard Crimson. He was a consensus first-team selection on the 1920 College Football All-America Team. While at Harvard, Woods was also a member of the track team, Institute of 1770, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Fox Club, Phoenix Club, Hasty Pudding Club, Glee Club, Varsity Club, Iota Club, and Brookline High School Club. Woods died on January 8, 1978, and was buried at Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

References

1. ^ Harvard Class Album 1920, Vol. XXXI, p.230
2. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
3. "Camp Picks Woods Alone of the Harvard Players: His Choice For All-American First Team Guard". Boston Daily Globe. December 16, 1920. p. 11.
4. "Former Grid Star Woods Dies at 81". www.thecrimson.com. The Harvard Crimson. January 12, 1978. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2023.

• 1896 births
• 1978 deaths
• All-American college football players
• American football guards
• Harvard Crimson football players
• Players of American football from Boston