Jack Wood (footballer)

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

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 4 October 2014. 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.