Tommy Goodwill

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 "Tommy" 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]

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 113. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. Henderson, Tony (2014-09-30). "The Newcastle United footballers who went to war for their country". The Chronicle. Newcastle on Tyne. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  3. 1 2 "Tommy Goodwill - Newcastle United and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  4. "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
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