Rod Woodward

{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (1944–2016)}}

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{{Infobox gridiron football person

| name = Rod Woodward

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| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1944|09|22}}

| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia

| death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2016|9|27|1944|9|22}}}}

| death_place = White Rock, British Columbia

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| import = no

| position1 = Defensive back

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 200

| college = Idaho

| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1967}}–{{CFL Year|1969}}

| playing_team1 = Montreal Alouettes

| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1970}}–{{CFL Year|1976}}

| playing_team2 = Ottawa Rough Riders

| playing_years3 = {{CFL Year|1977}}

| playing_team3 = Calgary Stampeders

| playing_years4 = {{CFL Year|1978}}

| playing_team4 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats

| career_highlights =

• 2× Grey Cup champion (1973, 1976)

| CFLAllStar = {{CFL Year|1975}}

| CFLEastAllStar = {{CFL Year|1972}}, {{CFL Year|1974}}, {{CFL Year|1975}}

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Rodney William Woodward (September 22, 1944 – September 27, 2016) was a defensive back in the Canadian Football League for twelve years. Woodward won the Grey Cup as a member of the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1973 and 1976. In 2009 he was sentenced to jail for "stealing $185,000 from two elderly clients to pay gambling debts" but his wife believes that this may have been a consequence of injuries he suffered during his football career.[https://nationalpost.com/sports/football/cfl/wife-of-former-cfl-player-rod-woodward-says-concussion-lawsuit-a-chance-to-clear-his-name Wife of former CFL player Rod Woodward says concussion lawsuit a chance to 'clear his name'] He died in 2016 after a fall, having experienced the effects of dementia in his later years.[https://vancouversun.com/sports/football/cfl/former-cfl-all-star-clan-coach-rod-woodward-succumbs-to-fall Former CFL all-star, Clan coach Rod Woodward succumbs to fall][http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theprovince/obituary.aspx?n=rodney-william-woodward&pid=181809198 Rodney William Woodward]