Duane Wood

Duane Wood was a multi-sport athlete in high schook, playing football, basebal, basketball and track. Wood received a football scholarship to Oklahoma State and then came to Canada to play two seasons with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1959 and 1960. Wood returned to play one more season in the CFL with Edmonton in 1965.

Wood was an excellent two-way man, playing running back on offence and defensive back on defence.  In his rookie season, Wood had 237 yards rushing and recorded three interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown.  In his other two seasons, Wood was used mainly on defence.  Wood was also an excellent kick returner.  In 1959, he averaged 9.3 yards on 51 punt returns in an era without blocking on punt returns.

Duane Wood passed away on July 23, 2012.

Obituary for Duane Wood

 

GP, Rushing, Receiving and Points
Year Team GP TC Yds Avg TD Long Rec Yds Avg TD Long PTS
1959 HAM 14 47 237 5 0 24 13 179 13.8 1 41 12
1960 HAM 6 8 49 6.1 0 18 7 123 17.6 0 43 0
1965 EDM 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

KO and Punt Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long PR Yds Avg TD Long
1959 HAM 16 301 18.8 0 33 51 476 9.3 0 40
1960 HAM 2 61 30.5 0 37 6 25 4.2 0 14
1965 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

Interceptions
Year Team Int Yds Avg TDInt Long
1959 HAM 3 72 24 1 47
1960 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1965 EDM 2 34 17 0 23

 

 

 

Duane Wood