Maurice Woodward

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Maurice Woodward

| fullname = Maurice Woodward

| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|10|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Enderby, England

| death_date = {{death date and age |1950|2|17|1891|10|12|df=y}}

| death_place = West Bromwich, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}{{Cite news |date=15 August 1921 |title=Football's advent. Wolverhampton Wanderers |page=6 |work=Athletic News |location=Manchester}}

| position = Half back, left back

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Enderby Granite

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 =

| clubs2 = Enderby Town

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1912–1914

| clubs3 = Leicester Fosse

| caps3 = 2

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1914

| clubs4 = Southend United

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| years5 = 1917–1918

| clubs5 = → Brentford (guest)

| caps5 = 7

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1918–1919

| clubs6 = → Brentford (guest)

| caps6 = 13

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1919–1922

| clubs7 = Wolverhampton Wanderers

| caps7 = 33

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 1922

| clubs8 = Bristol Rovers

| caps8 = 0

| goals8 = 0

}}

Maurice Woodward (21 October 1891 – 17 February 1950) was an English professional footballer who played as a half back and left back in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leicester Fosse.{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=319}}{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |pages=364–365}}

Personal life

Woodward served as a sergeant in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.{{Cite web |title=Leicester Fosse And The First World War: Part 21 |url=http://www.lcfc.com/news/article/leicester-fosse-and-the-first-world-war-part-21-2472399.aspx |access-date=16 December 2015 |website=www.lcfc.com}} He suffered a knee injury and from sciatica during the war. He later became a publican in Wall Heath.

Career statistics

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

Leicester Fosse

|1913–14{{Cite web |date=1 June 2016 |title=Maurice Woodward {{!}} Leicester City career stats |url=https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/history/players?pid=910 |access-date=14 September 2017 |website=FoxesHistory}}

|Second Division

|2

|0

|0

|0

|2

|0

rowspan="4" |Wolverhampton Wanderers

|1919–20{{Cite web |title=Appearances & Scorers 1919/20 |url=https://wolvescompletehistory.co.uk/appearances-1919-20/ |access-date=23 July 2023 |website=Wolverhampton Wanderers |language=en-US}}

| rowspan="3" |Second Division

|9

|1

|0

|0

|9

|1

1920–21{{Cite web |title=Appearances & Scorers 1920/21 |url=https://wolvescompletehistory.co.uk/appearances-scorers-1920-21/ |access-date=23 July 2023 |website=Wolverhampton Wanderers |language=en-US}}

|21

|0

|3

|0

|24

|0

1921–22{{Cite web |title=Appearances & Scorers 1921/22 |url=https://wolvescompletehistory.co.uk/appearances-scorers-1921-22/ |access-date=23 July 2023 |website=Wolverhampton Wanderers |language=en-US}}

|3

|0

|1

|0

|4

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!33

!1

!4

!0

!37

!1

colspan="3" |Career total

!35

!1

!4

!0

!39

!1

References