# Mr. Woodman — Gladiator character guide

> Mr. Woodman in Gladiator by Philip Wylie.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Woodman, Only Woodman

**First appearance:** 0005-iv

## Who they are

A professor at the college who challenges Hugo intellectually.

## Relationships

### [Hugo Danner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gladiator_se/characters/hugo_danner)

_professional_

Mr. Woodman is Hugo's employer or supervisor, with a professional dynamic that often involves tension over Hugo's abilities.

### [Hugo Danner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gladiator_se/characters/hugo_danner)

_professional_

Mr. Woodman is Hugo's employer or supervisor, with a professional dynamic that often involves tension over Hugo's abilities.

### [Hugo Danner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gladiator_se/characters/hugo_danner)

_professional_

Mr. Woodman is Hugo's employer or supervisor, with a professional dynamic that often involves tension over Hugo's abilities.

## In the story

### [Arrival at Webster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gladiator_se/chapters/vi)

Football coach who tests Hugo's athletic abilities, is astonished by his speed and jumping, and questions his background.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gladiator_se/chapters/ix)

Coach who has investigated Hugo's past, confronts him about his father's experiments and the cat Samson, and offers to keep his secret.

### [The Armistice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gladiator_se/chapters/xv)

Mentioned by Lefty as having searched for Hugo after he disappeared.

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