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. 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. 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. In 1945, he became manager of

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third level of the English football league system. The club was formed in 1897 as Mans ...

Honours

Football League First Division The Football League First Division was the top division of the Football League in England from 1888 until the end of the 1991–92 season, when its teams broke away to form the Premier League. From 1992 to 2004, the name First Division was g ...

winner: 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26. *

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

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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 ...

winner: 1922.

References

* * 1902 births 1982 deaths People from Dronfield Footballers from Derbyshire English men's footballers England men's international footballers Men's 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 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-defender-1900s-stub