His Dad also said they were not allowed to play at a west coast Navy Course when Tiger was 11 or 12 because of race. Total BS, the Navy was so gun shy after the Carrier race problems they would never pull this crap. Was his Dad really Special Forces?
i think his dad was lt colonel green beret
Woods attended Kansas State University (then known as Kansas State College), and played varsity baseball, earning a varsity letter in both 1952 and 1953.
He was of multi-ethnic ancestry: African American, Chinese, and Native American. His teammate Larry Hartshorn told how Woods was not allowed to play at a college in Mississippi. The entire Kansas State University team left in protest without playing.[1] Woods broke the Big Eight Conference (then the Big Seven Conference) “color barrier” in baseball in 1951.[5] He generally played as a catcher, and was offered a contract by the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues. However, he turned down the offer and continued his education. He graduated in 1953 (B.S. in Sociology),[6] and embarked on a career as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army.[1]
[edit] Military career
Woods served two combat tours during the Vietnam War, the second with the elite United States Army Special Forces.[2] A Defense Information School graduate, Lieutenant Colonel Woods was assigned as an instructor of Military Science & Tactics, (Army ROTC) at the City College of New York for several years. He retired from the military in 1974.[7] He then moved to southern California, and resumed working in a new career path, as an agent for corporations involved in defense industry contracting.