heightweight death_date years clubs image_size article_title statsend originalteam birth_date debutdate image debutopponent debutteam name
183 cm / 86 kg 11 september 1989 1944-1951 footscray 150 bill wood -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 1951 albury -lrb- omfl -rrb- 9 november 1921 round 3 , 1944 bill wood.jpg collingwood footscray bill wood
bill wood -lrb- footballer -rrb-

bill wood -lrb- 9 november 1921 -- 11 september 1989 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with footscray in the vfl .
prior to joining footscray he played with south sydney where he was renowned for his goalkicking , managing 28 goals in a match against sydney naval in 1943 .
footscray 's harry hickey , with whom wood has served in the military , recommenced him to the club and after impressing in the try outs he signed up for the 1944 season .
on debut against collingwood he kicked 9 goals , at the time a league record , eventually finishing the year with 51 .
he missed the 1945 season due to war service but returned in 1946 and topped the club 's goalkicking for three successive seasons .
his best tally came in 1947 when he kicked 75 goals in just 16 games .
he had previously been footscray 's leading goalkicker in his debut season and for the fifth time in 1950 .
footscray made the finals in 1951 but wood spent the entire 1st semi final on the bench and did n't re-sign with the club the following season .
