Vivian Woodward

Vivian Woodward

Woodward while playing for England
Personal information
Full name	Vivian John Woodward[1]
Date of birth	3 June 1879
Place of birth	Kennington, Surrey, England
Date of death	31 January 1954(1954-01-31) (aged 74)[2]
Place of death	Ealing, England
Position(s)	Centre forward, inside forward
Youth career
	Ascham College
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1895–1900	Clacton Town	25+	(46+[3])
1900–1901	Harwich & Parkeston
1901	Chelmsford
1901–1909	Tottenham Hotspur	146	(68[a])
1909	Chelmsford
1909–1915	Chelsea	106	(30)
1919–1920	Clacton Town	6	(4)
Total		283	(148)
International career
1903–1911	England	23	(29)
1906–1914	England Amateurs	30	(45)
1908–1912	Great Britain	6	(5)
	Southern League XI
1908–1913	Football League XI	3	(3)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1908 London Team competition 1912 Stockholm Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vivian John Woodward (3 June 1879 – 31 January 1954) was an English footballer who enjoyed the peak of his career from the turn of the 20th century to the outbreak of the First World War. He played for Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea.^[4]

He captained Great Britain to gold medals at the 1908 Olympics in London and in Stockholm in 1912. Woodward's tally of 29 goals in 23 matches for England remained a record from 1911 to 1958; his strike rate of 1.26 goals per game is the second highest for an England player.

He served in the British Army during the First World War, and as a result missed out on Chelsea's run to their first-ever FA Cup final in 1915. Woodward's injuries during the war caused his retirement from football. He then served on Cheleas's Board between 1922 and 1930 as a director of the club.

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