Manliffe Goodbody
Manliffe Francis Goodbody was an Irish tennis and football player.
Goodbody was born on 20 November 1868, at Dublin, the son of Marcus Goodbody and Hannah Woodcock Perry. He represented Ireland at football in 1889 and 1891. In 1894 he finished runner-up to defending champion Robert Wrenn at the U.S. National Championships in Newport, having earlier beaten Fred Hovey and William Larned. Goodbody reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in 1889 and 1893.
Goodbody was defeated in the final of the 1895 Queen's Club Championships in London by Harry S. Barlow.
In 1896 Goodbody won the singles title at the Kent Championships in Beckenham after defeating Harry S. Barlow in the final. The next year he lost the challenge round to George Greville in five sets. In April 1897 he won the French Covered Courts Championships in Paris after a straight-sets victory in the final against Frank Riseley.
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. He married in 1904 and was survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter.Singles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runners-up)
| Result | Year | Championship | Opponent | Score |
| Runner-up | 1894 | US Championships |  Robert Wrenn | 8–6, 1–6, 4–6, 4–8 |
