Alan Edward Woods (15 February 1937 – 28 September 2021) was an English

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who played as a

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. Woods was

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by the England national youth team in 1955 while a

Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Tottenham (, , , ) or Spurs, is a professional Association football, football club based in Tottenham, North London, England. The club itself has stated that it should always ...

player. He died in September 2021. His son

Neil Woods Neil Stephen Woods (born 30 July 1966) is an English football manager and former professional footballer who is academy manager at Grimsby Town. As a player, he was a striker from 1983 to 2000 for Doncaster Rovers, Rangers, Ipswich Town, Bra ...

and grandson

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are also active in football.

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* 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 {{England-footy-midfielder-1930s-stub