Jim Wood (American football)
| Oklahoma State Cowboys | |
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| Position | End |
| Class | Graduate |
| Career history | |
| College | Oklahoma State University (1956–1958) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | July 27, 1936 |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Jim Wood (born c. 1936) is a former American football player. He played college football at the end position at Oklahoma State University from 1956 to 1958. He was selected by the American Football Coaches Association as a first-team end on its 1958 College Football All-America Team,[1] and as a third-team player by the Associated Press.[2][3] At the end of the 1958 season, an experiment was conducted in which data from 145 football coaches was input into a Univac computer to determine who was the best college football player in the country. The computer ranked Wood as the nation's second best player behind George Deiderich of Vanderbilt.[4] Wood capped his collegiate career by leading Oklahoma State to a 15-6 victory over Florida State in the 1958 Bluegrass Bowl.
References
- ↑ "Grid Coaches Select Team". Eugene Register-Guard. December 7, 1958.
- ↑ "Iowa's Randy Duncan Heads AP's All-American Team". Salisbury Times. Salisbury, Maryland.
- ↑ "Randy Hawkins Heads A.P. All-America Team". Reading Eagle. December 4, 1958. p. 34.
- ↑ "Oklahoma State Says Wood Is Nation's "Best" Gridder". The Spokesman-Review (AP story). December 11, 1958. p. 18.