Thomas Woodward (8 December 1917 – 18 November 1994) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

for

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

and

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area. Until the early 1800s, the a ...

. In the season 1951-1952, he scored 3 goals in 22 appearances in the

Lancashire Combination The Lancashire Combination was a football league founded in the North West of England in 1891–92. It absorbed the Lancashire League in 1903. In 1968 the Combination lost five of its clubs to the newly formed Northern Premier League. In 1982 it ...

for

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, ...

. Woodward had scored 19 goals for Bolton in 169 cup games and leagues.

Career

Woodward made his first team debut against Stoke City in 1936 when he was 18 years old.

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* * English men's footballers English Football League players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Middlesbrough F.C. players 1917 births 1994 deaths People from Westhoughton Footballers from Greater Manchester Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton Wigan Athletic F.C. players Men's association football wingers {{England-footy-midfielder-1910s-stub