He continued other sporting endeavours outside of football however, winning doubles titles at Wimbledon and the Olympics, and captaining the Great Britain Davis Cup team. Northwich Victoria Woosnam had been working for chemical company ICI in Winnington, Northwich, and, while still being on Manchester City's books, he played for Winnington Park and then for Northwich Victoria in the Cheshire County League. He made his debut for Northwich on Christmas Day, 1924, in a derby match against Witton Albion, resulting in a 3–0 victory for Northwich. He sometimes captained the side, before ending his football career in February 1926 due to injuries and other commitments. Death and legacy He was appointed to the board of ICI, and died in 1965 of respiratory failure, having been a heavy smoker all his life. His life is chronicled in the book All Round Genius – The Unknown Story of Britain's Greatest Sportsman, by Mick Collins. Woosnam's uncle, Hylton Philipson, was a cricketer and played five Test matches for England. He once defeated actor and film director Charlie Chaplin at table tennis, playing with a butter knife instead of a bat. Besides being a pioneer for table tennis, he was very accomplished at snooker, once achieving a maximum break of 147. Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, is Woosnam's sororal grandniece. Woosnam had three children: Denise Woosnam who was engaged to Peter Pease, and a friend of Richard Hillary (Author of The Last Enemy; Max, and Penny. See also C. B. Fry, Cuthbert Ottaway and Alfred Lyttelton — three similar sporting polymaths. References 1892 births 1965 deaths English people of Welsh descent People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Sportspeople from Liverpool Free Foresters cricketers Footballers from Liverpool English footballers Association football defenders Corinthian F.C. players Chelsea F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players Northwich Victoria F.C. players English Football League players England international footballers Tennis people from Merseyside English male tennis players English Olympic medallists Tennis players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic tennis players of Great Britain Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era) Olympic medalists in tennis Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics English cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Cheshire cricketers Snooker players from Liverpool Cricketers from Liverpool British Army personnel of World War I Royal Welch Fusiliers officers