Please answer the following question: Facts: - sport: football , basketball - death place: near chillicothe , missouri - player team: kansas - caption: woodward hays yearbook pictured in '' reveille 1923 '' , fort - death date: 27 december 1968 - coach team: fort hays state washburn fort hays state - player years: c. 1917 - coach years: 1920 1926 1920 & ndash ; 1923 & ndash ; 1922 1923 & ndash ; - birth date: 25 october 1894 - coach sport: football basketball - name: george woodward - overall record: 17 -lrb- football -rrb- 14 & ndash ; 33 -lrb- basketball & -rrb- ndash ; 33 & ndash ; 1 - cfbdwid: 5440 - image: george j woodward.jpg - birth place: near clinton , kansas Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of george woodward -lrb- american football -rrb- .
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george j. '' rook '' woodward was an american football player and coach of football and basketball .