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{{Short description|British footballer and tennis player}}
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|birth_date = 20 November 1868
|birth_date = 20 November 1868
|birth_place = [[Dublin]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]]
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'''Manliffe Francis Goodbody''' (20 November 1868 – 24 March 1916) was an Irish [[tennis]] and [[association football|football]] player.
'''Manliffe Francis Goodbody''' (20 November 1868 – 24 March 1916) was an Irish [[tennis]] and [[association football|football]] player.


==Career==
Goodbody was born on 20 November 1868, at [[Dublin]], the son of Marcus Goodbody and Hannah Woodcock Perry.<ref>{{cite web|title=Manliffe Francis Goodbody|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p45714.htm#i457138|website=www.thepeerage.com|publisher=The Peerage}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor=Welch, Charles|title=London at the Opening of the Twentieth Century|year=1905|location=Brighton|publisher=W. T. Pike & Co|page=204|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Df81AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA204}} Manliffe Goodbody had 8 brothers and 4 sisters. One of his brothers, Francis Woodcock Goodbody, married Olga Harley, a daughter of [[George Harley]], M.D., F.R.S.</ref> He represented [[Ireland national football team (1882–1950)|Ireland]] at football in 1889 and 1891.<ref>{{NFT player|pid=15844}}</ref> In 1894 he finished runner-up to defending champion [[Robert Wrenn]] at the [[1894 U.S. National Championships|U.S. National Championships]] in Newport.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wrenn Still the Champion|url=https://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B01E7DE1131E033A2575AC2A96E9C94659ED7CF|work=The New York Times|date=August 29, 1894|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="CBS">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbssports.com/tennis/history/usopen|title=History: U.S. Open |publisher=[[CBS Sports]]|accessdate=2009-06-27}}</ref> Goodbody reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in [[1889 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles|1889]] and [[1893 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles|1893]].
Goodbody was born on 20 November 1868, at [[Dublin]], the son of Marcus Goodbody and Hannah Woodcock Perry.<ref>{{cite web|title=Manliffe Francis Goodbody|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p45714.htm#i457138|website=www.thepeerage.com|publisher=The Peerage}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor=Welch, Charles|title=London at the Opening of the Twentieth Century|year=1905|location=Brighton|publisher=W. T. Pike & Co|page=204|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Df81AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA204}} Manliffe Goodbody had 8 brothers and 4 sisters. One of his brothers, Francis Woodcock Goodbody, married Olga Harley, a daughter of [[George Harley (physician)|George Harley]], M.D., F.R.S.</ref> He represented [[Ireland national football team (1882–1950)|Ireland]] at football in 1889 and 1891.<ref>{{NFT player|pid=15844}}</ref> In 1894 he finished runner-up to defending champion [[Robert Wrenn]] at the [[1894 U.S. National Championships|U.S. National Championships]] in Newport,<ref>{{cite news|title=Wrenn Still the Champion|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1894/08/29/106871047.pdf|work=The New York Times|date=August 29, 1894|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="CBS">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbssports.com/tennis/history/usopen|title=History: U.S. Open |publisher=[[CBS Sports]]|accessdate=2009-06-27}}</ref> having earlier beaten [[Fred Hovey]] and [[William Larned]].<ref name="talbert">{{cite book|last=Talbert|first=Bill|author-link=Bill Talbert|title=Tennis Observed|year=1967|publisher=Barre Publishers|location=Boston|page=69|oclc=172306}}</ref> Goodbody reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in [[1889 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1889]] and [[1893 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1893]].


Goodbody was defeated in the final of the 1895 [[Queen's Club Championships]] in [[London]] by [[Harry S. Barlow]].
Goodbody was defeated in the final of the 1895 [[London Championships]] at Queens Club in London by [[Harry S. Barlow]]. He also won the [[North of Ireland Championships]] held at the [[Cliftonville Cricket Club|Cliftonville Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club]] in [[Belfast]] three times in 1889,<ref>Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1889). Volume LI. January - June. Vinton & Co Ltd, London. p. 129.</ref> 1890 and 1893.


In 1896 Goodbody won the singles title at the [[Kent Championships]] in [[Beckenham]] after defeating [[Harry S. Barlow]] in the final.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kent All-Comers’ Championships |url=http://www.beckenhamtennisclub.co.uk/photos/Beck_M_Roll.pdf |website=www.beckenhamtennisclub.co.uk |publisher=Beckenham Tennis Club |format=PDF |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722091316/http://www.beckenhamtennisclub.co.uk/photos/Beck_M_Roll.pdf |archivedate=2012-07-22 |df= }}</ref> The next year he lost the challenge round to [[George Greville (tennis)|George Greville]] in five sets.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lawn Tennis – Kent All-Comers' Championship Meeting|url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18970614/011/0002|work=The Morning Post|publisher=British Newspaper Archive|date=14 June 1897|page=2|subscription=yes}}</ref> In April 1897 he won the French Covered Courts Championships in Paris after a straight-sets victory in the final against [[Frank Riseley]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Lawn Tennis – The French Championships|url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18970422/026/0003|work=The Morning Post|publisher=British Newspaper Archive|date=22 April 1897|page=3|subscription=yes}}</ref>
In 1896 Goodbody won the singles title at the [[Kent Championships]] in [[Beckenham]] after defeating [[Harry S. Barlow]] in the final.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kent All-Comers’ Championships |url=http://www.beckenhamtennisclub.co.uk/photos/Beck_M_Roll.pdf |website=www.beckenhamtennisclub.co.uk |publisher=Beckenham Tennis Club |format=PDF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722091316/http://www.beckenhamtennisclub.co.uk/photos/Beck_M_Roll.pdf |archivedate=2012-07-22 }}</ref> The next year he lost the challenge round to [[George Greville (tennis)|George Greville]] in five sets.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lawn Tennis – Kent All-Comers' Championship Meeting|url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18970614/011/0002|work=The Morning Post|publisher=British Newspaper Archive|date=14 June 1897|page=2|url-access=subscription }}</ref> In April 1897 he won the [[French Covered Court Championships]] in Paris after a straight-sets victory in the final against [[Frank Riseley]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Lawn Tennis – The French Championships|url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18970422/026/0003|work=The Morning Post|publisher=British Newspaper Archive|date=22 April 1897|page=3|url-access=subscription }}</ref>


Goodbody died during the [[First World War]] as a passenger aboard [[SS Sussex]] that was torpedoed by a German submarine in the [[English Channel]] on 24 March 1916.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cross-Channel steamer torpedoed|url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000327/19160325/002/0002|work=Derby Daily Telegraph|date=25 March 1916|page=2|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> He married in 1904 and was survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter.
Goodbody died during the [[First World War]] as a passenger aboard [[SS Sussex|SS ''Sussex'']] that was torpedoed by a German submarine in the [[English Channel]] on 24 March 1916.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cross-Channel steamer torpedoed|url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000327/19160325/002/0002|work=Derby Daily Telegraph|date=25 March 1916|page=2|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> He married in 1904 and was survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter.


==Grand Slam record==
==Grand Slam finals==


===Singles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runners-up)===
===Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)===


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Latest revision as of 20:39, 1 November 2024

Manliffe Goodbody
Goodbody in 1901
Full nameManliffe Francis Goodbody
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born20 November 1868
Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died24 March 1916(1916-03-24) (aged 47)
SS Sussex, English Channel
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career titles15
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQF (1889, 1893)
US OpenF (1894Ch)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonSF (1893)

Manliffe Francis Goodbody (20 November 1868 – 24 March 1916) was an Irish tennis and football player.

Career

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Goodbody was born on 20 November 1868, at Dublin, the son of Marcus Goodbody and Hannah Woodcock Perry.[1][2] He represented Ireland at football in 1889 and 1891.[3] In 1894 he finished runner-up to defending champion Robert Wrenn at the U.S. National Championships in Newport,[4][5] having earlier beaten Fred Hovey and William Larned.[6] Goodbody reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in 1889 and 1893.

Goodbody was defeated in the final of the 1895 London Championships at Queens Club in London by Harry S. Barlow. He also won the North of Ireland Championships held at the Cliftonville Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club in Belfast three times in 1889,[7] 1890 and 1893.

In 1896 Goodbody won the singles title at the Kent Championships in Beckenham after defeating Harry S. Barlow in the final.[8] The next year he lost the challenge round to George Greville in five sets.[9] In April 1897 he won the French Covered Court Championships in Paris after a straight-sets victory in the final against Frank Riseley.[10]

Goodbody died during the First World War as a passenger aboard SS Sussex that was torpedoed by a German submarine in the English Channel on 24 March 1916.[11] He married in 1904 and was survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter.

Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1894 U.S. Championships Grass United States Robert Wrenn 8–6, 1–6, 4–6, 4–8

References

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  1. ^ "Manliffe Francis Goodbody". www.thepeerage.com. The Peerage.
  2. ^ Welch, Charles, ed. (1905). London at the Opening of the Twentieth Century. Brighton: W. T. Pike & Co. p. 204. Manliffe Goodbody had 8 brothers and 4 sisters. One of his brothers, Francis Woodcock Goodbody, married Olga Harley, a daughter of George Harley, M.D., F.R.S.
  3. ^ Manliffe Goodbody at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ "Wrenn Still the Champion" (PDF). The New York Times. 29 August 1894.
  5. ^ "History: U.S. Open". CBS Sports. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  6. ^ Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed. Boston: Barre Publishers. p. 69. OCLC 172306.
  7. ^ Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1889). Volume LI. January - June. Vinton & Co Ltd, London. p. 129.
  8. ^ "Kent All-Comers' Championships" (PDF). www.beckenhamtennisclub.co.uk. Beckenham Tennis Club. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2012.
  9. ^ "Lawn Tennis – Kent All-Comers' Championship Meeting". The Morning Post. British Newspaper Archive. 14 June 1897. p. 2.
  10. ^ "Lawn Tennis – The French Championships". The Morning Post. British Newspaper Archive. 22 April 1897. p. 3.
  11. ^ "Cross-Channel steamer torpedoed". Derby Daily Telegraph. 25 March 1916. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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