Roy Goodall
English footballer and manager
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Frederick Roy Goodall (31 December 1902 – 19 January 1982) was a professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town for 16 years and played 25 games for England, 12 as captain.
Full name
Frederick Roy Goodall
Date of birth
31 December 1902
Place of birth
Dronfield, England
Date of death
19 January 1982 (aged 79)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frederick Roy Goodall | ||
| Date of birth | 31 December 1902 | ||
| Place of birth | Dronfield, England | ||
| Date of death | 19 January 1982 (aged 79) | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1921–1937 | Huddersfield Town | 403 | (19) |
| International career | |||
| 1926–1933 | England | 25 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1945–1949 | Mansfield Town | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He was captain of Huddersfield Town throughout their most successful period, when they became the first team to win the English top flight three times in a row and dominated English football through the twenties.
Goodall would have captained England in the first ever World Cup if they had decided to take a team to the tournament. He was widely regarded as one of the best defenders in the world at that time.[citation needed]
In 1945, he became manager of Mansfield Town.
Honours
- Football League First Division winner: 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26.
- Football League First Division runner-up: 1926–27, 1927–28, 1933–34.
- FA Cup winner: 1922.
- FA Cup runner-up: 1928 & 1930.
- FA Charity Shield winner: 1922.
