Joe Wood (footballer)

Joe Wood
Personal information
Full name Joe Wood
Date of birth (1904-04-25)25 April 1904
Date of death 16 July 1972(1972-07-16) (aged 68)
Original team(s) North Melbourne Juniors[1]
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925–1926 North Melbourne 13 (29)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Joe Wood (25 April 1904 – 16 July 1972) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). His name has also been given as Joe or Jack Woods.[2]

Woods was North Melbourne's leading goal-kicker in the 1925 VFL season, their first year in the league. He kicked 27 goals, six of them in a win over South Melbourne.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Junior Forward". The Sporting Globe. Melbourne. 9 June 1923. p. 6. Retrieved 12 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. ^ "AFL Tables: Joe Wood". afltables.com.


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