John Thomas Archer Wood
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This article is about the cricketer and footballer. For other people with similar names, see John Wood (disambiguation).
John Thomas Archer Wood was an Essex County cricketer, as well as a footballer who played right wing for Old Castle Swifts before joining Thames Ironworks, the team that became West Ham United, in their very first season of 1895-96. Wood is featured in Thames Ironworks' very first team photograph in 1895. John Wood was also the cousin of champion jockey Fred Archer.
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- Blows, Kirk & Hogg, Tony (2000). The Essential History of West Ham United. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7036-8.
- West Ham United F.C. Player & People List