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 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 113. ISBN 190589161X.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 "Tommy Goodwill - Newcastle United and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ↑ "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
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