Allan Harvey "Rick" Woodward (September 16, 1876–November 23, 1950) was an American businessman and baseball team owner.

[1] In 1881, his father and uncle founded the Woodward Iron Company, based in Bessemer, Alabama.

[1][3] His father made him leave the school when his grades began to fall due to his focus on baseball.

[3] Woodward then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1896 to 1899, where he earned a degree in mining engineering.

[4] During the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway strike in 1921, to show that he had not forgotten his early training, he ran a locomotive on the company's rail for several days.

[1] Woodward was a keen baseball player, though he was unable to make a career out of this passion.

[3][8][9] It was the first stadium constructed from steel and concrete in the southern United States or for any minor league team.

[6] Financial hardship led Woodward to sell the team to automobile dealer Ed Norton in 1938.