Background
John Edwin Goodall was born in 1893 to Doctor Charles Edwin Goodall and Ada Jessie Dougharty of Dickens Street, Street Kilda, Victoria Australia. John grew up on Dickens Street and attended Melbourne Grammar School.
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Playing Hockey
John Edwin Goodall first played ice hockey for the Melbournians Immunohistochemistry, which formed in 1908. The first recorded game he played in was in 1910 when he played for the Victorian State team at 17 years old. This Victorian State team was captained by Robert Jackson, in its second season as a hockey team
John continued to play for the Victoria State team for 3 more years up until 1913, where the sport was interrupted by World War I, which began July 28, 1914 and ended 11 November 1918.
John returned to the Victorian State team in 1921 with team mates Ted Molony and Gordon Langridge in his first game back. Victoria and New South Wales were the first teams to form after the war.
Game 1 Victoria 4 - New South Wales 1Game 2 Victoria 3 - New South Wales 0
Goals Scored:
2 - Victor Langsford
1 - Ernest A CollinsGame 3 Victoria 0 - New South Wales 0
In 1925, John East. Goodall was succeeded as Victorian State Captain by team mate Ted Maloney but was still selected for the Victoria State team and played. By this time he was 32 years old and had played hockey for at least 15 years.
President
John Edwin Goodall had become President of the Victorian Association (VIHA) by the time the New South Wales Association had met with delegates of the Victorian Association after the Interstate Series in July 29, 1922 in Melbourne.
Achievements
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In 1922, John E. Goodall became the Captain of the Victorian State team and led them to victory to win back the Goodall Cup in a 3-game series hosted in the Melbourne Glaciarium on Monday July 24, 1922. This was the fourth Goodall Cup win for Victoria, the results were: During the 1923 Goodall Cup series in Sydney, won by New South Wales, John Edwin Goodall became president of the first national authority for and Speed - the and Speed Council. John Goodall became the fourth National Ice Association of Australia (NISAA) National Men"s Champion in 1914.
