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Woodruff, John, 1915-2007

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Personal name headingWoodruff, John, 1915-2007
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Variant(s)Woodruff, John Youie, 1915-2007
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1915-07-05
Death date2007-10-30
Place of birthConnellsville (Pa. : Township)
Place of deathFountain Hills (Ariz.)
Field of activityTrack and field
Sociology
AffiliationOlympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)
National Track and Field Hall of Fame
New York (State). National Guard
Profession or occupationOlympic athletes
Track and field athletes
Sociologists
Armed Forces--Officers
Found inWoodruff, John. National Visionary Leadership Project oral history, 2006-10-05: collection materials (John Woodruff; b. July 5, 1915, Connellsville, Pa., attended the University of Pittsburgh, was a US gold-medalist in track at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, received a graduate degree in sociology at New York University, sociologist)
Find a grave website, October 31, 2016 (John Y. Woodruff; died October 30, 2007 in Fountain Hills, Arizona; coached young athletes and officiated track meets; member of the National Track and Field Hall of Fame)
Wikipedia, October 31, 2016 (John Youie Woodruff; served in the military from 1941-1945; Battalion commander of the 369th Artillery and later the 596 Transportation Battalion New York Army National Guard)
Associated languageeng