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The Atlanta Constitution, November 6, 1924
The Atlanta Constitution
Thursday, November 6, 1924
Page Five

Harry Woodruff Dies Of Injuries After Auto Crash

Athens, Ga., November 5 – Harry Woodruff, prominent insurance man of Columbus, 
Ga., and one of Georgia university’s greatest football players, died here this 
morning following an automobile accident last Friday night.

Woodruff, in company with his brother Jim, Alfred Young and Jim Kelley, all of 
Columbus, were driving to Athens from Columbus for the annual “homecoming” 
football game, and when about 12 miles from this city, the car turned over 
rounding a sharp curve, and Woodruff, who was driving, sustained a broken 
spine.  Other occupants were not seriously injured.  The victims were brought 
to a local hospital.  The former football star never rallied.

Harry Woodruff was known as the original “Kid” Woodruff of Georgia football 
fame, having played on the Georgia teams from 1902 to 1905, making a run 
against Auburn for 105 yards in Atlanta that made him famous.  He was 39 years 
old and in 1912 married Miss Frances Henley, of Athens who survives him.  He 
is also survived by two brothers, Jim and George, the latter being head coach 
of football at Georgia University, a sister, Mrs. Clifford Swift, of Columbus, 
and his mother, Mrs. Henry L. Woodruff, of Columbus.

He was member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity and the Presbyterian church.  His 
body was shipped to Columbus Wednesday afternoon.  Funeral arrangements will 
be made there. 

The Atlanta Constitution
Friday, November 7, 1924
Page Twenty Two

Funeral Services For Harry Woodruff Held at Columbus

Columbus, Ga., November 6 – Funeral services for Harry Woodruff, well known 
Columbus man, who was fatally injured in an automobile accident near Athens 
last Friday night, were held from the residence here this afternoon.  Rev. 
R.M. Stimson, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiated.  Interment 
was at Linwood cemetery.

Mr. Woodruff, a prominent Columbus business man, was en route with a party of 
friends to Athens to witness the Georgia-Tennessee football game, the 
University of Georgia squad being under the coaching tutelage of his younger 
brother, George C. Woodruff.

The accident occurred at a particularly dangerous curve on the Athens highway 
just out of Bogart, Ga.  Others in the party were injured, but they managed to 
take Woodruff to the Athens hospital.  There he lay from Friday night until 
Wednesday morning with Athens and Atlanta physicians united in an effort to 
save his life.  His spinal column had been broken, however, and pneumonia set 
in Monday.



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