| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1894 |
| Died | 1980 (aged 85–86) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1914–1915 | Kansas |
| 1919 | Kansas |
| Position(s) | Quarterback, center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1920 | Shurtleff |
| 1922 | Shurtleff |
| 1923–1924 | Muhlenberg |
| 1925–1933 | Shurtleff |
| Basketball | |
| 1924–1925 | Muhlenberg |
| 1939–? | Alton HS |
| Baseball | |
| 1924–1925 | Muhlenberg |
Walter W. "Punk" Wood (1894 – 1980) was an American football player and a football, basketball, and baseball coach. He lettered three times as a quarterback and center at the University of Kansas (1914–1915, 1919).[1]
Wood began his coaching career at Shurtleff College in Illinois.[2] He followed that up with tenures as the head football coach (1923–1924),[3] head men's basketball coach (1924–1925), and head baseball coach (1924–1925)[citation needed] at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He returned to his hometown of Alton, Illinois to serve as a coach at the local high school.[4]