Jack Wood (footballer)

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

Jack Wood
Personal information
Full name John Alexander Wood
Date of birth (1889-01-02)2 January 1889
Place of birth Essendon, Victoria
Date of death 20 October 1914(1914-10-20) (aged 25)
Place of death Melbourne
Original team(s) Preston
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1910 Essendon 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1910.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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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