Harry Chester Goodhart (17 July 1858 – 21 April 1895) was an English amateur footballer who played as a forward in four FA Cup Finals for Old Etonians, before going on to become Professor of Humanity at the University of Edinburgh.
Darwen were the first club from the north of England to have any success in the FA Cup, although they caused controversy by signing two professional players, Fergus Suter and James Love.
Despite attempts to have them banned from the competition, Darwen travelled to London to play the Old Etonians at the Kennington Oval on 13 February 1879.
[9] The semi-final against Nottingham Forest came the following Saturday (won 2–1) putting the Old Etonians into the final, to be played against Clapham Rovers a week later.
After a goalless first-half, the only goal of the game came after 59 minutes, when Charles Clerke scored from close range following a run from Goodhart.
[14] The Old Boys reached their third FA Cup Final in four years in 1882, with Goodhart again scoring a hat-trick in the 5–0 semi-final victory over Marlow.
The Old Boys dominated the early stages of the match but Rovers defended well until, according to the match report in Gibbons' "Association Football in Victorian England", "following an expert through ball by Dunn, Macaulay steered the ball between the Blackburn goalposts to secure a well-deserved half-time lead".
[18] Soon afterwards, Arthur Dunn was injured and forced to leave the field, reducing the Etonians to ten men for the rest of the match.
[19] Goodhart's form with the Old Etonians led to him being selected for the 1883 international matches; these took place in February and March, during the latter stages of the FA Cup.
[22] In all three international matches, Goodhart was accompanied by his Old Etonians colleague, Percy de Paravicini, who played at full-back.
[31] In February 1902, Goodhart's widow Rose remarried to Wilbraham Villiers Cooper of Chinthurst Hill, near Guildford.
[32] That same year, the altar rails in St. John the Baptist Church, Wonersh were dedicated to Goodhart's memory by his widow; they bear the inscription: "A.D.M.G.