List of Bristol Rovers F.C. players

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Dick Pudan from the 1904-05 Southern League championship winning team.

Bristol Rovers record goalscorer, Geoff Bradford.

For a list of all Bristol Rovers players with articles on Wikipedia, see Category:Bristol Rovers F.C. players.

Below is a list of notable Bristol Rovers F.C. players, along with the number of league appearances and league goals scored. To be included on this list a player must have made at least 100 professional league appearances for the club, which means Football League appearances since 1920 or Southern League appearances between 1899 and 1920. The appearance data for current players included on this list is accurate at the end of the 2007-08 season.

Name	Nationality	Position	Bristol Rovers career	App^[1]	Gls^[2]
Agogo, JuniorJunior Agogo	Ghana	Striker	2003-2006	126	41
Aitken, PeterPeter Aitken	Wales		1972-1980	234	3
Alexander, IanIan Alexander	Scotland	Full back	1986-1994	291	6
Appleby, BenBen Appleby	England		1903-1908	180	9
Archer, LeeLee Archer	England	Midfielder	1991-1997	126	13
Armitage, HaroldHarold Armitage	England		1922-1926	122	0
Astafjevs, VitālijsVitālijs Astafjevs	Latvia	Midfielder	2000-2003	110	16
Bamford, HarryHarry Bamford	England		1946-1958	486	5
Bannister, BruceBruce Bannister	England	Forward	1971-1977	206	80
Barrett, MikeMike Barrett	England		1979-1984	128	18
Bater, PhilPhil Bater	Wales		1974-1981 1983-1986	310	3
Beadle, PeterPeter Beadle	England	Forward	1995-1998	109	39
Bennett, FrederickFrederick Bennett	England		1925-1930	129	2
Bennett, HubertHubert Bennett	England		1911-1915	101	0
Biggs, AlfieAlfie Biggs	England		1953-1961 1962-1968	424	178
Bradford, GeoffGeoff Bradford	England	Forward	1949-1964	462	242
Brogan, JamesJames Brogan	Scotland		1910-1915	106	24
Brown, JohnJohn Brown	England		1963-1968	156	32
Browning, MarcusMarcus Browning	Wales	Midfielder	1989-1997	174	11
Bush, BryanBryan Bush	England		1947-1955	113	19
Campbell, StuartStuart Campbell	Scotland	Midfielder	2004-present	150	2
Carruthers, ChrisChris Carruthers	England	Defender	2005-2008	100	1
Cartlidge, ArthurArthur Cartlidge	England		1901-1910	258	0
Challis, TrevorTrevor Challis	England	Full back	1998-2003	146	1
Channing, JustinJustin Channing	England	Midfielder	1992-1996	130	10
Clark, BillyBilly Clark	England	Centre back	1987-1997	248	12
Clark, WilliamWilliam Clark	Scotland		1904-1908	133	35
Collett, AndyAndy Collett	England	Goalkeeper	1994-1999	107	0
Corbett, FrederickFrederick Corbett	England		1901-1903 1904-1905 1908-1911	139	52
Crompton, GeorgeGeorge Crompton	England		1913-1921	108	26
Cureton, JamieJamie Cureton	England	Striker	1996-2000	174	72
Davis, JoeJoe Davis	England		1960-1967	211	4
Day, GrahamGraham Day	England		1973-1979	130	1
Disley, CraigCraig Disley	England	Midfielder	2004-present	159	22
Dix, RonnieRonnie Dix	England	Forward	1928-1932	100	33
Donald, AlexanderAlexander Donald	Scotland		1932-1936	136	0
Dunn, HughHugh Dunn	Scotland		1901-1906	155	1
Eadie, JamesJames Eadie	Scotland		1973-1977	183	0
Ellington, NathanNathan Ellington	England	Striker	1999-2002	116	35
Elliott, SteveSteve Elliott	England	Defender	2004-present	158	13
Fearnley, GordonGordon Fearnley	England		1970-1977	120	21
Foster, SteveSteve Foster	England	Defender	1997-2002	197	7
Fox, GeoffreyGeoffrey Fox	England		1947-1955	276	2
Graydon, RayRay Graydon	England		1965-1971	133	33
Griffiths, ArthurArthur Griffiths	England		1897-1904	105	1
Gurney, AndyAndy Gurney	England	Defender	1992-1997	108	9
Haldane, LewisLewis Haldane	Wales	Midfielder/Striker	2002-present	147	15
Hale, DenzilDenzil Hale	England		1952-1959	120	12
Hall, BernardBernard Hall	England		1959-1967	163	0
Hamilton, IanIan Hamilton	England		1958-1968	149	60
Harvie, DavidDavid Harvie	Scotland		1910-1920	219	1
Haydon, JamesJames Haydon	England		1921-1930	290	5
Hillard, DougDoug Hillard	England		1957-1968	318	12
Hinton, CraigCraig Hinton	England	Defender	2004-present	128	2
Hodges, LeonardLeonard Hodges	England		1946-1950	118	20
Holloway, IanIan Holloway	England	Midfielder	1981-1985 1987-1991 1996-1999	397	42
Hooper, PeterPeter Hooper	Kenya		1953-1962	297	101
Hoyle, BertBert Hoyle	England		1950-1953	104	0
Jarman, HaroldHarold Jarman	England		1959-1973	452	127
Jones, GlynforGlynfor Jones	Wales		1962-1966	153	0
Jones, PhilipPhilip Jones	Wales		1966-1972	224	28
Jones, RobertRobert Jones	England		1956-1966 1967-1973	421	101
Jones, VaughanVaughan Jones	Wales		1976-1982 1984 (loan) 1985-1993	381	12
Jones, WayneWayne Jones	Wales		1966-1972	255	36
Lambden, VicVic Lambden	England		1945-1955	268	117
Lescott, AaronAaron Lescott	England	Defender	2004 (loan) 2004-present	139	0
Lofthouse, JamesJames Lofthouse	England		1923-1926	105	15
Mabbutt, GaryGary Mabbutt	England	Defender	1977-1982	131	10
Mabbutt, RayRay Mabbutt	England		1956-1969	395	27
Martyn, NigelNigel Martyn	England	Goalkeeper	1987-1989	101	0
McArthur, WalterWalter McArthur	England		1933-1950	261	14
McCaffrey, AidanAidan McCaffrey	England		1980-1985	184	11
McLean, JohnJohn McLean	Scotland		1933-1938	134	1
McNestry, GeorgeGeorge McNestry	England		1932-1935	113	42
Mehew, DavidDavid Mehew	England		1985-1994	222	63
Meyer, BarrieBarrie Meyer	England		1953-1958	139	60
Miller, PaulPaul Miller	England	Striker	1994-1997	110	20
Morgan, FrancisFrancis Morgan	England		1919-1925	115	25
Morgan, WilliamWilliam Morgan	England		1946-1952	104	24
Munro, AlexAlex Munro	Scotland		1962-1971	169	11
Nicholls, JosephJoseph Nicholls	England		1936-1939	112	0
O'Mahoney, MattMatt O'Mahoney	Ireland		1936-1939	101	6
Oldfield, TerenceTerence Oldfield	England		1958-1966	132	11
Palmer, WilliamWilliam Palmer	England		1912-1913 1919-1922	102	14
Parkin, BrianBrian Parkin	England	Goalkeeper	1989-1996 1999-2000	246	0
Parkin, TimothyTimothy Parkin	England		1981-1986	206	12
Parsons, LindsayLindsay Parsons	England		1963-1977	360	0
Penrice, GaryGary Penrice	England	Midfielder/Striker	1983-1989 1997-2002	257	60
Peplow, WilliamWilliam Peplow	England		1908-1915	216	42
Petherbridge, GeorgeGeorge Petherbridge	England		1945-1962	457	85
Pickering, WilliamWilliam Pickering	England		1931-1937	215	1
Pitt, JackJack Pitt	England		1946-1960	466	16
Pounder, TonyTony Pounder	England		1990-1994	113	10
Prince, FrankieFrankie Prince	Wales		1967-1980	362	22
Pritchard, DavidDavid Pritchard	England	Defender	1994-2001	163	1
Pudan, DickDick Pudan	England		1902-1907	116	0
Pulis, TonyTony Pulis	Wales		1975-1981 1982-1984	130	5
Purnell, PhilPhil Purnell	England		1985-1992	153	22
Pyle, WalterWalter Pyle	England		1955-1962	139	0
Radford, WilliamWilliam Radford	Wales		1951-1962	245	0
Randall, PaulPaul Randall	England		1977-1978 1981-1986	240	94
Reece, AndyAndy Reece	England		1987-1993	239	17
Roberts, PhilPhil Roberts	Wales		1968-1973	175	6
Roberts, ThomasThomas Roberts	England		1925-1930	120	6
Roney, PeterPeter Roney	Scotland		1909-1915	178	1
Roost, BillBill Roost	England		1948-1957	178	49
Sampson, PeterPeter Sampson	England		1948-1961	340	4
Saunders, CarlCarl Saunders	England	Striker	1990-1993	142	42
Shaw, WilliamWilliam Shaw	Scotland		1909-1912	103	6
Sheppard, DickDick Sheppard	England	Goalkeeper	1969-1975	151	0
Skinner, JustinJustin Skinner	England	Midfielder	1991-1998	187	11
Slatter, NeilNeil Slatter	Wales		1980-1985	148	4
Smart, JackJack Smart	England		1905-1910	105	3
Staniforth, DavidDavid Staniforth	England		1974-1979	153	32
Stanton, ThomasThomas Stanton	Scotland		1968-1976	172	7
Stephens, ArthurArthur Stephens	England		1981-1985	127	40
Stephens, KennethKenneth Stephens	England		1970-1977	223	11
Sterling, WorrellWorrell Sterling	England	Midfielder	1993-1996	119	6
Stewart, MarcusMarcus Stewart	England	Striker	1991-1996	171	57
Stone, DavidDavid Stone	England		1960-1968	148	6
Sykes, NormanNorman Sykes	England		1952-1964	214	5
Tanner, NickNick Tanner	England		1985-1988	107	3
Taylor, StuartStuart Taylor	England		1965-1980	546	28
Thomas, MartinMartin Thomas	Wales		1977-1983	162	0
Thomson, AndyAndy Thomson	England	Defender	1999-2002	127	6
Tillson, AndyAndy Tillson	England	Defender	1992-2000	253	11
Twentyman, GeoffGeoff Twentyman	England	Defender	1986-1993	252	6
Walker, GeorgeGeorge Walker	England		1912-1915	107	12
Walker, RichardRichard Walker	England	Striker	2004-present	143	46
Warboys, AlanAlan Warboys	England	Striker	1973-1977	144	53
Ward, DavidDavid Ward	Wales		1954-1961	175	90
Warren, RayRay Warren	England		1936-1956	450	28
Watkins, BarryBarry Watkins	Wales		1945-1957	115	7
Watling, JohnJohn Watling	England		1947-1963	323	19
Weare, ArthurArthur Weare	Wales		1945-1951	141	0
Whatley, JesseJesse Whatley	England		1919-1930	372	0
Whatmore, ErnestErnest Whatmore	England		1923-1928	134	40
White, DevonDevon White	England	Striker	1987-1992	202	52
White, SteveSteve White	England		1977-1979 1983-1986	150	44
Williams, BrianBrian Williams	England		1981-1985	163	20
Williams, DavidDavid Williams	Wales		1975-1985	352	66
Williams, GeraintGeraint Williams	Wales		1980-1985	141	8
Williams, LouisLouis Williams	England		1909-1912	106	1
Yates, SteveSteve Yates	England	Defender	1986-1993	197	0

[edit] Notes

^ Number of league appearances for Bristol Rovers
^ Number of league goals scored for Bristol Rovers

[edit] Sources

Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2. (Appearances up to 2003, excluding Wayne Jones)
Wayne Jones - Rovers great (HTML). Bristol Rovers Supporters Club. Retrieved on 2007-07-01. (Wayne Jones stats)
Soccerbase (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-07-04. (Appearances since 2003)