Roy Goodall

Roy Goodall

Personal information
Full name	Frederick Roy Goodall
Date of birth	(1902-12-31)31 December 1902
Place of birth	Dronfield, England
Date of death	19 January 1982(1982-01-19) (aged 79)
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	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

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.

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.

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.

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.

References

• Roy Goodall at Englandstats.com
• Roy Goodall management career statistics at Soccerbase