[1] He was an all-city football player at Mission High School in San Francisco.

He helped lead the 1936 Santa Clara Broncos football team to an 8–1 record, the No.

[2] In announcing the NEA All-American team in 1939, sports editor Harry Grayson described Wolff as "fast for all his 220 pounds" and "a vicious tackler" who was strong on both offense and defense.

[3] The Associated Press wrote: "He was such a bulwark that opposing teams soon found it was futile to direct plays into his neighborhood.

"[1] After graduating from Santa Clara, Wolff worked for U.S. Steel and later for Food Machinery Corporation of San Jose.