Frederick Roy Goodall (31 December 1902 – 19 January 1982) was a professional

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, who played for

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for 16 years and played 25 games for

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, 12 as captain. Goodall would have captained

in the first ever

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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

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 The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First D ...

winner: 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26. *

runner-up: 1926–27, 1927–28, 1933–34. *

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competit ...

winner: 1922. *

runner-up: 1928 & 1930. *

FA Charity Shield The Football Association Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is English football's annual match contested at Wembley Stadium between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup. If the Premier L ...

winner: 1922.

References

* * 1902 births 1982 deaths People from Dronfield Footballers from Derbyshire English footballers England international footballers Association football defenders English Football League players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players English football managers Mansfield Town F.C. managers English Football League representative players FA Cup final players {{England-footy-defender-1900s-stub