Brian Wood | |
Fullname: | Brian Thomas Wood |
Birth Date: | 1940 12, df=y |
Birth Place: | Hamworthy, England |
Death Place: | Saxtead, England[1] |
Position: | Central defender |
Youthclubs1: | West Bromwich Albion |
Years1: | 1958–1961 |
Years2: | 1961–1966 |
Years3: | 1966–1968 |
Years4: | 1968–1970 |
Years5: | 1970–1976 |
Clubs2: | Crystal Palace |
Clubs3: | Leyton Orient |
Clubs4: | Colchester United |
Clubs5: | Workington |
Caps1: | 0 |
Caps2: | 143 |
Caps3: | 58 |
Caps4: | 71 |
Caps5: | 204 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Goals3: | 3 |
Goals4: | 2 |
Goals5: | 9 |
Totalcaps: | 476 |
Totalgoals: | 15 |
Club-Update: | 11:57, 17 May 2011 |
Brian Thomas Wood (8 December 1940 – 5 July 2014) was an English footballer who played as a central defender.
Born in Hamworthy, Wood made a total of 476 appearances in The Football League for West Bromwich Albion, Crystal Palace, Leyton Orient, Colchester United and Workington.[2] After leaving Workington, he became a scout for Preston North End, a job he combined with managing the Willis Faber and Dumas sports club in Ipswich.[1]
After suffering dementia and Parkinson's disease, Wood died in a care home in Saxtead, Suffolk on 5 July 2014.[1]