engineer association football player
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
He also represented England in the second international football match against Scotland in 1873. In 1869, he entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. In August 1871, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Engineers.
En route to the final, the Engineers did not concede a goal and defeated Hitchin 5–0, Hampstead Heathens 3–0 and Crystal Palace 3–0 (after a goalless draw).
In its report on the match, the Glasgow Herald (Monday, 10 March 1873) noted that "the back play of A G Goodwyn.. was faultless". In 1874, Goodwyn was posted back to India with his regiment, where he died, at Roorkee, on 14 March 1874 (the day after his 24th birthday) as a result of injuries suffered in a riding accident.
He was the first international football player to die. Royal Engineers Final finalist: 1872.
He played football for the regiment, generally playing in defence, and was a member of the team who reached the first final of the FA Cup in 1872.