C. E. Woodruff
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lima, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | February 23, 1933 Haddon Heights, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1896 | Alma |
| 1899 | Nashville |
| 1900 | Iowa State |
| Baseball | |
| 1901 | Iowa State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 8–6–3 (football) 4–4 (baseball) |
Charles Elmer Woodruff (died February 23, 1933) was an American reverend, educator, and college football and college baseball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Alma College in 1896, the University of Nashville in 1899, and Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now known as Iowa State University—in 1900. Woodruff was also the head baseball coach at Iowa State in 1901.
Early life and education
[edit]Woodruff was born in Lima, Indiana.[2] He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in 1886, and was later a divinity student at the University of Chicago.[3][4] Woodruff also graduated from the Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania, and was an ordained Baptist minister.[2]
Coaching career
[edit]Alma
[edit]Woodruff was the head football coach at Alma College in Alma, Michigan for one season, in 1896, compiling a record of 2–0–1.[5][6]
Nashville
[edit]In 1899, he served as the head football coach at the University of Nashville.[7]
Iowa State
[edit]In 1900, Iowa State College hired Woodruff as a "director of physical culture and instructor in Latin."[8] Woodruff served as the fifth head coach for the Iowa State football team during the 1900 season. His coaching record at Iowa state was 2–5–1.
Late life and death
[edit]Woodruff taught at the Howe School, in his home town of Lima, Indiana, and then at the Trinity School in Manhattan before retiring due to ill health in the 1920s. He died on February 23, 1933, as his home in Haddon Heights, New Jersey. He was survived by his wife, Alice R. Varney, of Camden, New Jersey.[2]
Head coaching record
[edit]Football
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma Maroon and Cream (Independent) (1896) | |||||||||
| 1896 | Alma | 2–0–1 | |||||||
| Alma: | 2–0–1 | ||||||||
| Nashville Garnet and Blue (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1899) | |||||||||
| 1899 | Nashville | 4–1–1 | 4–1 | 4th | |||||
| Nashville: | 4–1–1 | 4–1 | |||||||
| Iowa State Cyclones (Independent) (1900) | |||||||||
| 1900 | Iowa State | 2–5–1 | |||||||
| Iowa State: | 2–5–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 8–6–3 | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Within our Bounds: A Centennial History of Alma College, p. 156, The College, 1986.
- ^ a b c "Rev. C. E. Woodruff, Retired Cleric, Dies". Courier-Post. Camden, New Jersey. February 25, 1933. p. 3. Retrieved December 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Changes At The State College". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. July 29, 1900. p. 10. Retrieved July 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ General Alumni Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania, 1922. University of Pennsylvania. 1922. p. 64. Retrieved July 19, 2022 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Preachers Were Too Much for the Lansing Farmers". Alma Record. November 20, 1896. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Football Head Coaching Overall Records". Alma College. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ "To-morrow's Game Will Be Great". Nashville Banner. Nashville, Tennessee. November 29, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved July 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Earle Dudley Ross, A History of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, p. 221, Iowa State College Press, 1942.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; C.E. Woodruff; Football". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ "Football Head Coaching Year-by-Year Records". Alma College. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- 1933 deaths
- 19th-century Baptist ministers from the United States
- 20th-century Baptist ministers from the United States
- Alma Scots football coaches
- Iowa State Cyclones athletic directors
- Iowa State Cyclones baseball coaches
- Iowa State Cyclones football coaches
- Iowa State University faculty
- Nashville Garnet and Blue football coaches
- Crozer Theological Seminary alumni
- University of Chicago Divinity School alumni
- University of Pennsylvania alumni
- People from Haddon Heights, New Jersey
- People from LaGrange County, Indiana
- Coaches of American football from Indiana
- Baseball coaches from Indiana
- Schoolteachers from Indiana
- Schoolteachers from New York (state)