Background
Goodbody was born on 20 November 1868, at Dublin, the son of Marcus Goodbody and Hannah Woodcock Perry.
Tennis player association football player
Goodbody was born on 20 November 1868, at Dublin, the son of Marcus Goodbody and Hannah Woodcock Perry.
He represented Ireland at football in 1889 and 1891. Goodbody reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in 1889 and 1893. Goodbody was defeated in the final of the 1895 Queen"s Club Championships in London by Harry South. Barlow.
The next year he lost the challenge round to George Greville in five sets.
Goodbody died during the First World War as a passenger aboard Steamship Sussex that was torpedoed by a German submarine in the English Channel on March 24, 1916. Singles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runners-up).