Harry Wood (26 June 1868 – 5 July 1951) was a professional footballer who played most of his career as an inside forward for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Southampton. Playing career Wolverhampton Wanderers A real gentleman, he was a model professional who played the game with great skill and enthusiasm. A pen–picture printed in 1889 described him as being "clever in ball manipulation and staidley exact distribution." He certainly gave the fans something to cheer about during his two spells with Wanderers. On leaving school Wood played briefly for Walsall Swifts, 1884–1885, joining Wolves in the summer of 1885 and making his senior debut for the Wanderers in an FA Cup tie against Derby St. Luke's on 31 October 1885. Playing as an inside–forward, he made his League debut on 6 October 1888, at Thorneyholme Road, the home of Accrington. Harry Wood also scored his debut League goal in this match when he scored to give Wolverhampton Wanderers a 2–0 lead. The match finished as a 4–4 draw. Harry Wood, when making his League debut was 20 years 102 days old; which made him, on the fifth weekend of League football, Wolverhampton Wanderers' youngest player in place of David Wykes. Harry Wood appeared in 17 of the 22 League matches played by Wolverhampton Wanderers in season 1888–89 scoring 13 goals. Harry Wood, playing as an inside–forward (17 appearances), was part of a Wolverhampton Wanderers forward–line that scored three League goals or more on eight separate occasions. Harry Wood appeared in all six FA Cup ties in season 1888–89, scoring in a semi-final reply and being on the losing side in the Final as Wolverhampton Wanderers lost 3–0 to Preston North End in the Final. Harry Wood top–scored for Wolverhampton Wanderers in season 1888–89. His 13 goals included a hat–trick scored in a 4–1 over Derby County at Dudley Road, the then home of Wolverhampton Wanderers. The date was 3 November 1888 and Wood's three was the first League hat–trick scored by a Wolverhampton Wanderers player. He also scored two in a match three times, at Turf Moor in a 4–0 win over Burnley, at Dudley Road in a 4–1 win over Stoke and again at Dudley Road in a 5–0 win over Everton Wood's first spell at Wolves lasted six years, until July 1891 when he re–signed for Walsall Town Swifts. In his first spell Wood scored 46 goals (35 Football