Verdi Godwin BEM (11 February 1926 – 1 December 2013) was an English footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Mansfield Town, Middlesbrough, Grimsby Town, Brentford and Stoke City.
[1] He scored six league goals in two seasons at Ewood Park and joined Manchester City in June 1948.
[4] He scored three goals in eight matches for City before joining Stoke City,[5] whose manager Bob McGrory saw Godwin as the answer to Stoke's goalscoring problem in 1949–50.
[1] Following his spell with the Stags, Godwin became a journeyman and spent short spells with Middlesbrough, Grimsby Town, Brentford, Southport, Barrow, Tranmere Rovers and finally Macclesfield.
[1][6] After retiring from football, Godwin worked during the summer for 36 years as a lifeguard on Southport beach.