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.[1][4]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Maurice Woodward[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1891-10-12)12 October 1891 | ||
Place of birth | Enderby, England | ||
Date of death | 17 February 1950(1950-02-17) (aged 58)[2] | ||
Place of death | West Bromwich, England[2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Half back, left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Enderby Granite | |||
Enderby Town | |||
1912–1914 | Leicester Fosse | 2 | (0) |
1914 | Southend United | ||
1917–1918 | → Brentford (guest) | 7 | (0) |
1918–1919 | → Brentford (guest) | 13 | (0) |
1919–1922 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 33 | (1) |
1922 | Bristol Rovers | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Woodward served as a sergeant in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[2] He suffered a knee injury and from sciatica during the war.[2] He later became a publican in Wall Heath.[2]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Leicester Fosse | 1913–14[5] | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Career total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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