John Thomas Archer Wood ( – 1954) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played right wing for

Old Castle Swifts Old Castle Swifts Football Club, the first professional football club in Essex, was formed by Scottish shipowner Donald Currie in September 1892 as Castle Swifts Football Club. The club's first home ground, located in West Ham, was named Duno ...

before joining Thames Ironworks, the team that became West Ham United, in their very first season of 1895–96. Woods is featured in Thames Ironworks' very first team photograph in 1895. John Woods was also the cousin of champion jockey

Fred Archer Fred or Frederick Archer may refer to: * Fred Archer (jockey) (1857–1886), English jockey * Fred R. Archer (1889–1963), photographer and co-inventor of the photographic Zone System * Frederick Scott Archer (1813–1857), inventor of the photogr ...

. Wood was born in

Canning Town Canning Town is a district in the London Borough of Newham, East London. The district is located to the north of the Royal Victoria Dock, and has been described as the "Child of the Victoria Docks" as the timing and nature of its urbanisation ...

around 1872 to James William Wood and Ann Archer and baptised in June 1875.''Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1518-1960''

References

1870s births 1954 deaths Year of birth uncertain English footballers Thames Ironworks F.C. players Old Castle Swifts F.C. players Association football midfielders {{England-footy-midfielder-1870s-stub