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**Woody Hayes Early Football Experiences ** Woody Hayes interest in football started during his high school years, and continued through his adulthood when he became a coach. Wayne Woodrow Hayes nicknamed woody was born on February 4,1913 in Clifton,Ohio. Woody had moved to Newscomertown,Ohio. He went to Newscomertown high school and played center for the football team. Then went off to college and played tackle at Dension University. Woody graduated and began coaching high school football teams. After about 2 years Woody signed up for the U.S Navy in 1941 and was in the Navy for approximately 5 years. Once he had got out of the Navy his college coaching career started. He had coached Dension University for 2 seasons, Miami University for 2 seasons, and then Ohio State University. He was really into football from early on in his life and when he got to Ohio State University, he started to make history. **What was Woody Hayes famous for? **  Woody had his own particular ways of doing things and thats why he's partly famous. Everybody knows that Woody was a different kind of coach than the other coaches. He was different from other coaches by loving to win. If Woody Hayes lost a football game, he couldn't stand it, he hated losing. The players would feel the rath of Woody if they didn't win the game by yelling at them. So the rath of Woody did help them win games because of his yelling and military ways. He always thought the strategy of a football game was like a war between the offense and the defense. In the 28 seasons at Ohio State, he lead them to 13 Big Ten championships, won 4 of 8 Rose Bowls, and 5 national titles. He also coached 4 Heisman trophy winners. Wood had a very unique way of winning football games that some people didn't like. Woody made the rivalry of Ohio State vs. Michigan a lot more famous because of Bo Schembechler. One of Woody's assistant coaches at Ohio State, Bo, moved on to be the Michigan head coach. He was also a good friend of Woody's. After Bo took over Michigan's football team in 1969, they beat the number one team in the nation, OSU. Bo was afraid that if he beat OSU that his former boss would get really mad. Since Bo was learned football under Woody, he was able to take the strategy and use it againest OSU. The rivalry got more serious and more attention than ever. **Woody Hayes gets fired ** Woody didn't really retire, he got fired because he hit a football player that played for Clemson. When the player from Clemson, Baumen, interfered with one of the Ohio State players that was going for a field goal, Woody went up to Baumen and hit him. Woody never said sorry to Baumen ever for hitting him. After getting fired he actually did retire and he never did anything again. His temper had won him games, but this time he lost his job.
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**Other Facts about Woody Hayes **


 * Woody Hayes died on March 12,1987
 * The heisman trophy winners were Archie Griffin (won 2 times), Les Horvath (won 1 time), Vic Janowicz (won 1 time), and Howard Cassady (won 1 time)[[image:vicjanowicz.JPG width="115" height="129" align="right" caption="Vic Janowicz, one of the Heisman winners"]][[image:leshorvath.JPG width="118" height="132" align="right" caption="Les Horvath, one of the heisman winners"]]
 * the high school teams he coached Mingo Junction for 1 year, then New Philadelphia for 1 year
 * Woody also had quotable quotes like, " I try to make somthing for Ohio State football that people can look up to, and, believe me, they do", "Blame is safer than praise. And that's what I tell my boys all the time---that this niceness from people complimenting you can be what kills you. It can be deceiving".

These are websites that you can find info: [] [|http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1800] [] [|http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/257797/Woody-Hayes] [] [] [] [|Heisman winners for OSU] <span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);"> These are some books that you can get at the library:
 * <span style="color: rgb(246, 29, 19); font-size: 110%;">Bynum, Mike; Woody Hayes The Man & His Dynasty; 1991; Gridiron Football Properties Corp.
 * <span style="color: rgb(246, 29, 19); font-size: 110%;">Menzer, Joe; Buckeye Madness The Glorious,Tumultuous,Behind-the-Scenes Story of Ohio State Football; 2005; Joe Menzer
 * <span style="color: rgb(246, 29, 19); font-size: 110%;">Carpenter, Monte; Quotable Woody; 2002; Michael J. Towle