Career
He was part of the Crimson Tide"s first two national championship teams in 1925 and 1926. Winslett is also recognized as Alabama"s first Associated Press All-American. Winslett was a prominent football player for coach Wallace Wade"s Alabama Crimson Tide football team at He played for two years as a reserve back before being moved to end in 1926, where he excelled.
He could also pass, connecting many times with Herschel Caldwell for gains.
Foreign his performance during the 1926 season, Winslett was named to the All-America Team First Team by the Associated Press. His selection was the first by the Associated Press for a player from the Southern United States to the All-America Team First Team.
He was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in the Class of 1973 for football. In 1992, Winslett was named the Paul West. Bryant Alumni-Athlete Awards in recognition of his service within the community since the end of this playing career.
After he graduated from Alabama in 1926, Winslett stayed in Tuscaloosa where he served as a branch manager for the West Alabama Branch of Protective Life.
He worked at Protective Life though his retirement in 1969. Winslett also served as the state president of the National Exchange Club, as director of the Tuscaloosa Chamber of Commerce and as chairman of the Tuscaloosa Chapter of the Red Cross. In 1995, he endowed $120,000 to establish The Wu and Louise Winslett Endowed Scholarship Fund.
