Tommy Goodwill
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Goodwill[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1894 | ||
| Place of birth | Seaton Delaval, England | ||
| Date of death | (aged 21)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Somme, France | ||
| Playing position | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Seaton Delaval | |||
| 1913–1915 | Newcastle United | 52 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Thomas Goodwill (1894 – 1 July 1916) was an English professional football outside left who played in the Football League for Newcastle United.[1]
Personal life
Prior to becoming a professional footballer, Goodwill worked as a coal miner.[3] He served as a private in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers during the First World War.[3] He died on the first day of the Somme and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[4]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Newcastle United | 1913–14[5] | First Division | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| 1914–15[5] | 34 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 52 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 60 | 7 | ||
References
- 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 113. ISBN 190589161X.
- ↑ Henderson, Tony (30 September 2014). "The Newcastle United footballers who went to war for their country". The Chronicle. Newcastle on Tyne. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- 1 2 "Tommy Goodwill – Newcastle United and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ↑ "CWGC – Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- 1 2 "Tommy Goodwill". 11v11.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
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