{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Doctor Greenwood |image = |image_size = |caption = |fullname = Doctor Haydock Greenwood<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersG/BioGreenwoodDG.html|title=Doctor Greenwood|publisher=England Football Online|access-date=30 June 2018}}</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date|1860|10|31|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Blackburn]], England |death_date = {{death date and age|1951|11|3|1860|10|31|df=y}} |death_place = England |height = |position = [[Defender (association football)|Full-back]] |years1 = 1878–1882 |clubs1 = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = |clubs2 = [[Corinthian F.C.|Corinthian]] |caps2 = |goals2 = |nationalyears1 = 1882 |nationalteam1 =[[England national football team|England]] |nationalcaps1 = 2|nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Doctor Haydock''' "'''Doc'''" '''Greenwood''' (31 October 1860 – 3 November 1951) was an English [[association football|footballer]] who played for [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] and made two appearances for [[England national football team|England]] in [[1881-82 in English football|1882]]. "Doctor" was his Christian name and was not in recognition of any medical or academic qualifications.
==Career== Greenwood was born in [[Blackburn]], educated at [[Malvern College]] and was a member of the college football team in 1878–79.<ref>{{cite book |first=Graham |last= Betts| title=England: Player by player | publisher=Green Umbrella Publishing | year=2006|pages=114| isbn=1-905009-63-1}}</ref> Greenwood's older brothers, Thomas and Harry, joined Blackburn Rovers shortly after the club's formation in 1875 and both played in the [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.#Early years|first match]] on 18 December 1875, with Thomas in goal and Harry as a forward. Thomas Greenwood was appointed captain and although Doctor was only 15, he also joined the club, soon becoming one of the stars of the side, playing as a [[Defender (football)|full-back]].
By 1880 Blackburn had become one of the best teams in England. Greenwood was recognised as being an outstanding full back and on 18 February 1882 he won his first international cap playing for England against [[Ireland national football team (IFA)|Ireland]]. Also playing in that game were fellow Blackburn players, [[James Brown (footballer born 1862)|Jimmy Brown]] and [[Fred Hargreaves]]. Ireland were "totally dominated by the visitors"<ref>{{cite book |last= Gibbons|first= Philip|title= Association Football in Victorian England - A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900|year= 2001|publisher= Upfront Publishing |pages=64 |isbn=1-84426-035-6}}</ref> who won the game 13–0. This remains England's highest ever winning margin. Greenwood's next game was against [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] on 11 March 1882. This time England team were beaten 5–1 and Greenwood was not selected for the next game against [[Wales national football team|Wales]].
In [[1882 FA Cup Final|1882]], Blackburn became the first provincial team to reach the final of the [[FA Cup]]. Their opponents were [[Old Etonians F.C.|Old Etonians]] who had reached the final on five previous occasions. However, Blackburn had gone through the season unbeaten and were expected to become the first northern team to win the game. Unfortunately Greenwood was injured and was unable to appear in the final, which the Old Etonians won 1–0.
Greenwood was an amateur player and in 1882 he was a member of the [[Corinthian F.C.|Corinthian]] committee at the time of their formation.
During the 1920s he was an active [[croquet]] player, an original member of the Buxton club with a handicap of 2.5.<ref>Croquet Gazette, 1927 (prize list)</ref><ref>Croquet Gazette, December 1951 (obituary)</ref>
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==External links== *{{Englandstats}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080514091705/http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=419 England profile]
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