High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sidney Sterling Woods (25 July 1917 - 31 March 1989) was an American fighter ace of World War II with 7 victories in Europe and the Pacific theater. Sidney Woods was born in San Marcos, Texas on July 25, 1917. He spent much of his youth in Arizona. He played quarterback for the University of Arizona from 1935 to 1939, and graduated in 1939. Second Lieutenant Woods served then next two years (1939?1940) as a cavalryman at Fort Bliss. He was accepted for flight training and graduated from pilot school in September 1941.