Alan Woods (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alan Edward Woods | ||
Date of birth | 15 February 1937 | ||
Place of birth | Dinnington, South Yorkshire | ||
Date of death | 28 September 2021 | (aged 84)||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1954–1956 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | (0) |
1956–1960 | Swansea City | 30 | (0) |
1960–1967 | York City | 228 | (4) |
Boston United | |||
International career | |||
1955 | England Youth | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alan Edward Woods (15 February 1937 – 28 September 2021)[1] was an English footballer who played as a wing half. Woods was capped by the England national youth team in 1955 while a Tottenham Hotspur player.[2] He died in September 2021.[3]
His son Neil Woods and grandson Michael Woods are also active in football.
References
[edit]- ^ Alan Woods RIP
- ^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1988). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1988–89. Queen Anne Press. p. 753. ISBN 978-0-356-15880-8.
- ^ Richardson, Joe (28 September 2021). "Former York City midfielder Alan Woods dies". The Press. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Alan Woods at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
Categories:
- 1937 births
- 2021 deaths
- People from Dinnington, South Yorkshire
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
- English men's footballers
- England men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Swansea City A.F.C. players
- York City F.C. players
- Boston United F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Footballers from South Yorkshire
- English football midfielder, 1930s birth stubs