This week's famous cousin is my 9th cousin 1x removed Woody Hayes (1913-1987), the famous Ohio State football coach.
When Wayne Woodrow Hayes was born on 14 February 1913, in Clifton, Green Township, Clark, Ohio, United States, his father, Rutherford Benton Hayes, was 32 and his mother, Effie Jane Hupp, was 33. He married Margaret Anne Gross on 19 June 1942. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States in 1939 and Oxford, Oxford Township, Butler, Ohio, United States in 1950. In 1951, his occupation is listed as Ohio State Buckeyes head football coach in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States. He died on 12 March 1987, in Upper Arlington, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States.
The Wikipedia profile for Woody Hayes is here, and describes his career:
Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes (February 14, 1913 – March 12, 1987) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Denison University from 1946 to 1948, Miami University in Oxford, Ohio from 1949 to 1950, and Ohio State University from 1951 to 1978, compiling a career college football coaching record of 238–72–10. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1983. During his 28 seasons as the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football program, Hayes' teams were recognized five times by NCAA consensus selectors as national champions (1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970), credited as three – 1954, 1957, 1968 – by the major wire-services: AP Poll and Coaches' Poll. Additionally, his Buckeye teams captured 13 Big Ten Conference titles, and amassed a record of 205–61–10.
Here is the Relative Finder chart showing my relationship to Woody Hayes:
My most recent common ancestors with 9th cousin 1x removed cousin Woody Hayes are my 11th great-grandparents Nicholas Snow (1601-1676) and Constance Hopkins (1605-1677).
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