Earl Woods Military person

Earl Dennison Woods (March 5, 1932 – May 3, 2006) was a US Army infantry officer who served two tours of duty in Vietnam, and retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was a college-level baseball player and writer, whose son is professional golfer Tiger Woods. Woods started his son in golf at a very early age, and coached him exclusively for his first years in the sport.

Personal facts

Earl Woods
Alias (AKA)Woods Earl Dennison
Birth dateMarch 05, 1932
Date of deathMay 03, 2006

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Military person

award
Bronze Star Medal
Gallantry Cross (Vietnam)
Commendation Medal
military operations
Vietnam War
military unit
Special Forces (United States Army)
Military Assistance Command Vietnam
relation
service start1954
service end1974

Topical connections

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Elizabeth Williams ChampneyWriter
Damon RunyonWriter
Tiger WoodsGolf player
Cheyenne WoodsGolf player
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Albert ExendineCollege coach
Al JolleyAmerican football player
Bob Randall Baseball player
Andy ReplogleBaseball player
Alan Wilkins Cricketer

Earl Woods on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-060503tiger-woods-dad,1,6449256.story?coll=chi-news-hed
  2. http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/interviews/2007/06/rudy_earlwoods0111
  3. http://www.texnews.com/tiger/sibs052797.html
  4. http://www.thefirstteemanhattan.org/club/scripts/public/public.asp?GRP=32&NS=PUBLIC
  5. http://www.tigerwoods.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=327330&itype=6245&iCategoryID=505