HAYES, WOODY

born Feb. 14, 1913, Clifton, Ohio, U.S. died March 12, 1987, Upper Arlington, Ohio byname of Wayne Woodrow Hayes American collegiate football coach whose career coaching record was 238 games won, 72 lost, and 10 tied. He developed 58 All-American players, and his Ohio State University teams (195178) won 13 Big Ten championships and played in eight Rose Bowl games (winning four). Hayes graduated in 1935 from Denison (Ohio) University and then taught and coached football in Ohio high schools (193640). In World War II he served in the U.S. Navy (194146). After the war, he coached at Denison (194648) and at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio; 194950). In 1951 he became coach at Ohio State. There he became known as a conservative coach and a stern taskmaster with his players; during games he was aggressive and defiant, berating officials and destroying sideline yard markers in his wrath. He was discharged as coach after a nationally televised game during which he struck a Clemson University player who had intercepted an Ohio State pass. He was elected to the football Hall of Fame in 1983.