Jackie Goodwin
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{for|the 1910s Scottish player|John Goodwin (footballer)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jackie Goodwin
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = John William Goodwin
| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|9|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Worcester, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|5|7|1920|9|29|df=y}}{{Hugman|7452|accessdate=24 April 2015}}
| death_place = Worcester, England
| height =
| position = Outside right
| years1 = 19??–1946
| clubs1 = Worcester City
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1946–1949
| clubs2 = Birmingham City
| caps2 = 32
| goals2 = 8
| years3 = 1949–1954
| clubs3 = Brentford
| caps3 = 131
| goals3 = 22
| years4 = 1954–19??
| clubs4 = Dartford
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| manageryears1 = 1965
| managerclubs1 = Toronto Inter-Roma
}}
John William Goodwin (29 September 1920 – 7 May 1995) was an English professional footballer who scored 30 goals from 163 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City and Brentford.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/jackiegoodwin.html |title=Jackie Goodwin |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=3 June 2009}} He played as an outside right.
Playing career
Goodwin was born in Worcester. When he was demobbed after the Second World War, Goodwin joined Birmingham City from Southern League club Worcester City.{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |page=91 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}} Described as a "sturdily-built ... bustler", he made his debut in the Second Division on 18 September 1946, deputising for Neil Dougall at inside right in an away game against West Bromwich Albion which Birmingham lost 3–0. He played only intermittently while Jock Mulraney remained first choice on the wing, but by the middle of the 1947–48 season had accumulated 31 league games and made his contribution to the club's Second Division title.Matthews, pp. 182–83. He lost his place on the arrival of Jackie Stewart, playing only once in the First Division,Matthews, pp. 126, 184. and in April 1949 Goodwin together with teammate Wally Quinton joined Brentford. In five seasons with Brentford Goodwin played 131 matches in the Second Division and scored 22 goals. At the end of the 1947–48 season he moved into non-league football with Dartford.
Later career
In 1957 Goodwin joined the coaching staff at Brentford, remaining there for six years. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he coached the Old Harrovian football club,{{cite web |title=Old Harrovian A.F.C. A Brief History of the Old Harrovian Association Football Club 1963 to 1988 |first=R.H. |last=Woolley |url=http://www.ohafc.com/history/documents/1963-1988-first-25-years-from-clubs-revival/ |publisher=Old Harrovian A.F.C. |year=1988}} and also coached in the United States. In 1965 he served as the manager for Toronto Inter-Roma in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=April 26, 1965|title=Crosswords|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/501005101/?terms=Ron+Clayton+toronto+inter+roma|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-22|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=The Province|page=15|language=en}} Outside football, he worked for a gas company.
Goodwin died in Worcester in 1995, at the age of 74, after collapsing during a VE Day parade.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sporting-digest-football-1618981.html |title=Sporting Digest: Football |work=The Independent |date=10 May 1995 |accessdate=3 June 2009}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/jackiegoodwin.html Goodwin's league stats] at Neil Brown's site
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Category:Footballers from Worcester, England
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Worcester City F.C. players
Category:Birmingham City F.C. players
Category:Brentford F.C. players
Category:Dartford F.C. players
Category:English Football League players