Dick Woodard

Dick Woodard

No. 51, 56
Position:	Center
Personal information
Date of birth:	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
Los Angeles Dons (AAFC) (1949) New York Giants (1950–1951) Washington Redskins (1952) New York Giants (1953)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 47 Interceptions: 4 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Richard Ernest Woodard (born July 26, 1926 in Britt, Iowa) 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]

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.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NFL.com • Pro-Football-Reference