Joe Wood (25 April 1904 – 16 July 1972) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with

North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. North Melbourne recorded a population of 14,953 at the ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL). His name has also been given as Joe or Jack Woods. Woods was North Melbourne's leading goal-kicker in the

1925 VFL season The 1925 VFL season was the 29th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The league expanded to twelve clubs, with , and all newly admitted from the VFA to in ...

, their first year in the league. He kicked 27 goals, six of them in a win over South Melbourne.

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* 1904 births 1972 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) North Melbourne Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1904-stub