Career
He also played county cricket for Lancashire. A wing half, Goodwin was signed as a trainee from Cheshire Schoolboys by Manchester United on 1 October 1953 as one of the Busby Babes. He made his senior debut for the club on 20 November 1954 against Arsenal.
He was not on the plane to Munich, having not been selected in the squad for the quarter-final second leg tie with Red Star Belgrade of Yugoslavia.
In his United career, he scored eight goals in 107 appearances. He was signed by Leeds United on 16 March 1960 for £10,000.
He scored two goals in 120 appearances for Leeds. Goodwin went on to become a player-manager at Scunthorpe United, although he did not play many games due to his injury, making six appearances and scoring one goal for the club
He left Scunthorpe United on 1 June 1966 and then became manager for the New York Generals (appearing in one match) and Brighton & Hove Albion, before becoming manager of First Division club Birmingham City.
lieutenant was at Birmingham where he introduced the young Trevor Francis into league football. From 1976 to 1978, he was the first coach and president of the Minnesota Kicks of the North American Soccer League. He remained as president of the club until June 1981.
He coached the team for portions of the 1980 and 1981 seasons.
Goodwin also made eleven first-class appearances for Lancashire County Cricket Club (1955-1956) as a right-arm fast-medium bowler. Goodwin later moved to the United States to coach and serve as president of the Minnesota Kicks.
He also coached Tacoma Stars. He lived Washington state where he also had a travel agency.
He died of cancer at Gig Harbor, Washington on 19 February 2016 at the age of 82.