Jack Woodman

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{about|the footballer|the EastEnders character|Jack Woodman (EastEnders)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

|image = Jack Woodman Footballer, Bristol Rovers FC.jpg

|caption = Woodman, Bristol Rovers, 1936

|fullname = John Albert Edward Woodman

|birth_date = {{birth date|1914|7|9|df=y}}

|birth_place = Bristol, England

|death_date = {{death date and age|1984|1|16|1914|7|9|df=y}}

|death_place = Bristol, England

|height = 5 ft 9 in{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-guide-1936-xi-d/134447459/ |title=Bristol Rovers. Rovers make clean sweep. Skill, youth and experience |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=xi |via=Newspapers.com}}

|position = Centre forward

|years1 = ????–1935

|clubs1 = Melrose

|caps1 =

|goals1 =

|years2 = 1935–1937

|clubs2 = Bristol Rovers

|caps2 = 39

|goals2 = 21

|years3 = 1937–1938

|clubs3 = Preston North End

|caps3 = 0

|goals3 = 0

|years4 = 1938–1939

|clubs4 = Swindon Town

|caps4 = 0

|goals4 = 0

|years5 = 1939

|clubs5 = Wrexham

|caps5 = 3

|goals5 = 1

}}

John Albert Edward Woodman (9 July 1914 – 16 January 1984) was a professional footballer who played in England during the 1930s.{{cite book |last1=Joyce |first1=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 |year=2004 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |page=287 |isbn=1899468676}}

Prior to turning professional, Woodman played for Windmill Hill School in Bristol and Melrose in the Bristol Suburban League. He signed with Bristol Rovers on 23 May 1935 and spent two years playing for them,{{cite book |last1=Jay |first1=Mike |last2=Byrne |first2=Stephen |title=Pirates in Profile: A Who's Who of Bristol Rovers Players |year=1994 |publisher=Potten, Baber & Murray |location=Bristol |page=304 |isbn=0-9524835-0-5}} ending the 1935–36 season as the club's top scorer with fifteen goals.{{cite book |last1=Byrne |first1=Stephen |last2=Jay |first2=Mike |title=Bristol Rovers Football Club: The Definitive History 1883–2003 |year=2003 |publisher=Tempus |location=Stroud |page=511 |isbn=0-7524-2717-2}}

He commanded a transfer fee of £500, at the time a large sum, when he was signed by Preston North End in 1937. He failed to make a single first team appearance for Preston however, and the following season he was sold to Swindon Town for £350. During his spell in Swindon he again made no appearances for the first team. He signed for Wrexham in 1939, and played in all three of their matches before the 1939–40 Football League season was abandoned due to the outbreak of World War II.