Football brings out the kid in Denny Wood
October 10, 2008
When “Big Cop” puts on his New England Hawks uniform and steps on the football field he’s a kid again.
Off the field on his job at the Fremont Police Department, though, it’s Sergeant Denny Wood.
And yes, you can’t miss the former athletic standout at Epping High School. Not when he’s 6-foot-8 and 450 pounds, and looking like a mountain.
“I’m on the downward slide,” laughs the 35-year-old from Fremont, noting he recently lost 22 pounds and feels like a kid again.
Wood will be at offensive tackle for the New England Hawks (5-5) tomorrow night when they host the Southern Maine Raging Bulls (5-5) in the opening round of the New England Football League’s AAA playoffs. The game, which will be played at Exeter High School, is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. The winner will advance to next week’s semifinals and visit either the Lowell Nor’easter or Middleboro Cobras.
During the regular season the Hawks and the Raging Bulls split a pair of games, the Bulls winning the first game, 15-14, the Hawks winning the rematch, 31-7.
It’s semi-professional football at its finest, but there are no four-year, $40 million contracts here.
The players play for the fun of playing.
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