Jack Wood (footballer)

Jack Wood
Personal information
Full name John Alexander Wood
Date of birth (1889-01-02)2 January 1889
Date of death 20 October 1914(1914-10-20) (aged 25)
Place of death Melbourne
Original team(s) Preston
Height / weight 182 cm
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1910 Essendon 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1910.

John Alexander "Jack" Wood (2 January 1889 – 20 October 1914)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

He came from Preston to play two senior games for Essendon in the 1910 VFL season. Both appearances were in winning teams: a win against Richmond in round nine, and a win against Fitzroy in round 10.[3][4][5][6]

Wood, a Private with the 6th Infantry Battalion, died on 20 October 1914, two days after he was badly injured in a motor bus accident.[7][8] He was a passenger on the bus which was returning to Broadmeadows camp and had fallen out of the vehicle, which ran over him.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Family Notices.". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 26 October 1914. p. 6. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  3. ↑ "FOOTBALL.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 16 June 1910. p. 5. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Football: Today's Leading Match, The Argus, (Saturday 25 June 1910), p.17.
  5. ↑ "AFL Tables – Jack Wood – Stats – Statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Wood, Jack A.". Official AFL Website of the Essendon Football Club. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Roll of Honour – John Alexander Wood". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Motor Bus Fatality.". Flemington Spectator. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 29 October 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Untitled". Mount. Alexander Mail. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 20 October 1914. p. 1. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
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