Ted Wood
Melbourne
AFL career
2 games0 goals
- Debut
- R10 1942 v CAR11 July 1942
- Most recent
- R11 1942 v FSC18 July 1942
Stats
Bio
Recruited from VFA club Preston, Ted Wood was a wartime addition to a Melbourne squad decimated by military enlistments during the 1942 season. With the Association competition in recess due to the Second World War, Wood was cleared to the Demons in mid-June and thrust into senior action to help plug gaps in a lineup missing its premiership stars. He made just two appearances in the red and blue—featuring in heavy losses to Carlton and Richmond at Princes Park and Punt Road respectively—before dropping out of the side as quickly as he had arrived. His brief tenure remains typical of the transient "top-up" players of the era, filling a jersey for a struggling team before fading from the VFL landscape.
Profile
- Born
- 05 Apr 1916
- Died
- 12 Sept 1995 (aged 79y 160d)
- Height
- 177 cm
- Weight
- 73 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from VFA club Preston, Ted Wood was a wartime addition to a Melbourne squad decimated by military enlistments during the 1942 season. With the Association competition in recess due to the Second World War, Wood was cleared to the Demons in mid-June and thrust into senior action to help plug gaps in a lineup missing its premiership stars. He made just two appearances in the red and blue—featuring in heavy losses to Carlton and Richmond at Princes Park and Punt Road respectively—before dropping out of the side as quickly as he had arrived. His brief tenure remains typical of the transient "top-up" players of the era, filling a jersey for a struggling team before fading from the VFL landscape.