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.
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