John Tesseyman Woods (4 September 1907 – 7 April 1965), also known by the

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of "Tank", was an English professional

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footballer who played in the 1930s. He played at representative level for

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and

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, and at club level for Barrow,

Warrington Warrington () is an industrial town in the Borough of Warrington, borough of the same name in Cheshire, England. The town sits on the banks of the River Mersey and was Historic counties of England, historically part of Lancashire. It is east o ...

and

Liverpool Stanley Liverpool Stanley was a semi-professional rugby league club from Liverpool, England. It was renamed Liverpool City in 1951, but was otherwise unrelated to the Liverpool City (1906) (rugby league), original Liverpool club of the same name. The c ...

as a .

Playing career

Club career

Woods spent most of his career at Barrow, and is sixth on the club's all time try scorers list with 139-tries. Woods made his début for

on 3 February 1934, and he played his last match for Warrington on 31 August 1935.

International honours

Woods won

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s for

while playing at Barrow in 1930 against Other Nationalities, in 1930 against Wales, in 1933 against Other Nationalities, and won a

for

while playing at Barrow in 1933 against Australia.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Woods, Jack 1907 births 1965 deaths Barrow Raiders players England national rugby league team players English rugby league players Great Britain national rugby league team players Lancashire rugby league team players Liverpool City (rugby league) players Rugby league players from Lancashire Rugby league wingers Warrington Wolves players 20th-century English sportsmen