Milton P Woodard was an American sports writer and sport executive.
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11 Facts About Milt Woodard
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Milt Woodard was the President of the American Football League until it merged with the NFL in 1970.
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Milt Woodard was born in Tacoma, Washington, where he attended Stadium High School and ran track and played football.
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Milt Woodard attended the College of Puget Sound in Washington, where he played baseball.
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Milt Woodard had a distinguished career as a sportswriter for the Tacoma News Tribune and at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he served as the beat writer for the Chicago White Sox.
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Milt Woodard wrote the track and field section of the 1945 Encyclopædia Britannica.
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Milt Woodard served under Joe Foss as the Assistant Commissioner from its inception in 1960 until 1966.
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Milt Woodard served until the merger was finalized in March 1970.
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At the urging of AFL superfan Ange Coniglio and All-Star AFL player Jack Kemp, Milt Woodard had a commemorative Ten-year AFL shoulder patch produced for the 1969 AFL Champion Kansas City Chiefs to wear when they played and defeated the NFL Champion Vikings in the fourth and final AFL-NFL World Championship Game after the 1969 pro football season.
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In 1989, Milt Woodard was inducted into the Washington Sports Hall of Fame.
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Milt Woodard was married to three women over the course of his life.
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