List of notable Blackpool F.C. players

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This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Blackpool Football Club. Generally, this refers to players who have played 100 or more league matches for the club. Those listed who do not meet this criteria are considered to have made significant contributions to the club's history.

For a list of all Blackpool players, see List of Blackpool F.C. players. For a list of only those players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Blackpool F.C. players.

This list is complete and up-to-date as of 27 May, 2008.

Contents 1 By name 1.1 Notes 2 By decade 2.1 1890s 2.2 1900s 2.3 1910s 2.4 1920s 2.5 1930s 2.6 1940s 2.7 1950s 2.8 1960s 2.9 1970s 2.10 1980s 2.11 1990s 2.12 2000s 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] By name

Players are listed alphabetically, but each column is sortable. Appearances and goals apply to league matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included. Names in bold denote current players.

Name	Nationality	Position	Blackpool career	Appearances	Goals
Ainscow, Alan2	England	MF	1971-1978	192	28
Alcock, Terry	England	DF	1967-1976	196	21
Anderton, William	England	MF	1901-1907	102	10
Armfield, Jimmy1 2 3	England	DF	1954-1971	569	6
Bainbridge, Joe	England	DF	1910-1921	114	11
Ball, Alan1 2	England	MF	1962-1966 & 1980-1981	146	45
Bamber, Dave2	England	FW	1979-1982 & 1990-1994	194	89
Banks, Steve	England	GK	1995-1999	153	0
Bardsley, David	England	DF	1982-1983 & 1998-2000	109	0
Barnes, Phil	England	GK	1997-2004	141	0
Barrass, Matt	England	MF/DF	1919-1925	168	53
Beare, George	England	MF	1919-1926	169	112
Bent, Junior	England	FW	1997-2001	104	5
Bentley, Bill	England	DF	1968-1977	296	10
Benton, Billy	England	MF	1920-1931	353	24
Bedford, Harry1	England	FW	1921-1925	169	112
Birkett, Bob2 3	England	FW	1896-1907	215	44
Blair, Danny	Scotland	DF	1936-1939	121	0
Bonner, Mark	England	MF	1992-1998	178	14
Briggs, Gary	England	DF	1989-1995	137	4
Britton, Ian	Scotland	MF	1983-1986	106	15
Brown, Allan1	Scotland	MF	1950-1956	157	68
Bryan, Marvin	England	DF	1995-2000	184	4
Buchan, Willie	Scotland	FW	1937-1948	100	35
Bullock, Martin	England	MF	2001-2005	153	4
Burgess, Dave	England	DF	1988-1993	101	1
Burns, Mickey	England	FW	1969-1974	179	53
Burridge, John	England	GK	1971-1975	134	0
Butler, Tony	England	DF	1996-1999 & 2005-2006	133	1
Cardwell, Louis	England	DF	1930-1938	132	6
Charles, John	England	MF	1912-1924	228	30
Charnley, Ray1	England	FW	1957-1967	363	193
Clarke, T.	England	MF	1906-1912	141	0
Clarkson, Phil	England	MF	1997-2002	171	35
Coid, Danny	England	DF	1998-present	244	10
Connor, Jimmy	England	DF	1905-1915	282	13
Coughlin, Russell	Wales	MF	1987-1990	101	8
Craven, John2	England	MF	1965-1971	163	24
Crewdson, Bob	England	DF	1904-1913	209	0
Curtis, John2	England	DF	1973-1977	102	0
Davies, Mike2 3	England	DF	1984-1995	310	16
Deary, John2	England	MF	1980-1989	285	18
Dodds, Jock	Scotland	FW	1939-1946	15[1]	3[1]
Downes, Percy	England	MF	1925-1931	152	32
Durie, Dave2	England	FW	1952-1964	301	84
Dyer, Alex2	England	DF	1983-1987	108	19
Ellis, Tony	England	FW	1994-1997	147	55
Eyres, David2	England	MF	1989-1993	147	38
Farm, George1	Scotland	GK	1948-1960	461	1
Farrow, George	England	DF	1936-1948	148	15
Fenton, Ewan2	Scotland	DF	1946-1959	195	20
Finan, Bobby2	Scotland	FW	1933-1947	173	85
Fiske, William	England	GK	1907-1914	217	0
Gardner, Paul	England	DF	1976-1982	152	1
Garner, Andy	England	MF	1988-1992	160	37
Garrett, Tommy1 2	England	DF	1946-1961	308	3
Gouck, Andy	England	MF	1990-1996	148	22
Gore, Ian	England	DF	1988-1995	200	0
Grant, William	England	DF	1927-1935	220	0
Gratrix, Roy2	England	DF	1953-1964	400	0
Grayson, Simon	England	DF	2002-2005	126	6
Green, John	England	MF	1959-1967	135	9
Green, Tony1	Scotland	FW	1966-1971	123	13
Greenall, Colin2	England	DF	1981-1986	183	9
Groves, Paul	England	MF	1990-1992	107	21
Hampson, Jimmy1 2	England	FW	1927-1938	361	248
Harrison, Steve	England	DF	1971-1978	140	6
Hart, Paul	England	DF	1973-1978	143	15
Hatton, Dave	England	MF/DF	1969-1976	251	7
Hayward, Eric	England	DF	1937-1952	275	15
Hesford, Iain	England	GK	1977-1983	202	0
Hetzke, Steve	England	DF	1982-1986	140	18
Hills, John	England	DF	1994-1995, 1998-2003 & 2007-2008	167	16
Horne, Des	England	MF	1960-1966	118	17
Horner, Phil	England	DF	1990-1996	187	22
Hughes, Emlyn1 2	England	DF	1964-1967	28	0
Hughes, Ian	Wales	DF	1997-2003	160	4
Hull, "Tishy" A.	England	GK	1902-1906	116	0
Hutchison, Tommy	Scotland	MF	1967-1973 & 1987-1988	171	10
James, Glyn1 2 3	Wales	DF	1960-1975	399	22
Johnston, Harry1 2 3	England	DF	1937-1955	398	11
Jones, Jimmy2	England	DF	1912-1920	113	0
Jones, Sammy1	Northern Ireland	DF	1933-1939	165	6
Jones, Tommy	England	FW	1933-1938	153	38
Keenan, Harold	England	DF	1912-1923	101	3
Kelly, Hugh1 3	Scotland	DF	1943-1960	428	8
Kelly, Jim	England	MF	1954-1961	200	9
Lea, Leslie2	England	MF	1960-1967	160	13
Leaver, Jimmy	England	DF	1920-1926	106	4
Linighan, David	England	DF	1995-1998	100	5
Matthews, Stanley1	England	MF	1947-1961	380	17
McEwan, Stan	Scotland	DF	1973-1982	213	24
McGinn, Sandy	England	MF	1919-1925	132	2
McIlhargey, Steve	Scotland	GK	1989-1993	101	0
McPhee, John	Scotland	MF	1962-1970	259	15
Martin, Barrie	England	DF	1957-1964	187	1
Mee, Georgie	England	MF	1920-1925	216	12
Mellon, Micky	Scotland	MF	1994-1997	124	14
Meredith, Jack	England	MF	1923-1928	190	27
Mingay, Harry	England	GK	1919-1924	155	0
Methven, Colin	Scotland	DF	1986-1990	175	11
Moore, David	England	DF	1984-1986	115	1
Morgan, Steve	England	DF	1986-1990	144	10
Mortensen, Stan1 2	England	FW	1946-1955	317	197
Mudie, Jackie1 2	Scotland	FW	1947-1961	324	144
Munro, Alex1	Scotland	FW	1936-1950	136	17
Murphy, John	England	FW	1999-2006	229	83
Oates, Graham2	England	MF	1961-1968	121	26
Ormerod, Brett2	England	FW	1997-2001	128	45
Parker, Keigan	Scotland	FW	2004-2008	141	34
Parkinson, Jack2	England	FW	1896-1910	365	52
Parry, Ray	England	FW	1960-1965	128	27
Pashley, Terry	England	DF	1978-1983	201	7
Perry, Bill1 2	England	MF	1949-1962	394	119
Peterson, Brian	England	FW	1956-1962	101	16
Preece, Andy	England	FW	1995-1998	129	35
Quinn, James1	Northern Ireland	FW	1993-1998	151	36
Quinn, Pat	Scotland	FW	1910-1920	152	16
Ramsay, Stan	England	DF	1927-1932	105	2
Richards, Carl	England	FW	1989-1992	130	8
Rodwell, Tony	England	MF	1990-1994	137	17
Ronson, Billy	England	MF	1974-1979 & 1985-1986	131	12
Rowe, Graham2	England	DF	1963-1971	105	12
Scott, Jack	England	DF	1898-1909	309	15
Shimwell, Eddie1	England	DF	1946-1957	283	5
Siddall, Barry	England	GK	1983-1989	117	0
Sinclair, Trevor2	England	MF	1990-1993	112	15
Southern, Keith	England	MF	2002-present	204	19
Stewart, Paul2	England	FW	1981-1987	201	56
Stirzaker, Harry2 3	England	DF	1894-1903	154	13
Suart, Ron2	England	DF	1946-1949	103	0
Suddaby, Peter2	England	DF	1970-1980	331	10
Suddick, Alan	England	MF	1966-1976	310	65
Taylor, Ernie1	England	FW	1951-1958	217	53
Taylor, Mark	England	FW	1986-1992	121	43
Taylor, Scott	England	FW	1998 & 2002-2004	116	43
Thompson, Tommy	England	DF	1961-1969	152	2
Thorpe, Percy	England	DF	1924-1928	113	5
Threlfall, Edward	England	DF	1900-1911	320	10
Tremelling, Billy2	England	DF	1924-1930	114	43
Tulloch, Bert2 3	England	DF	1914-1924	178	0
Waiters, Tony1 2	England	GK	1959-1967	257	0
Wallace, Jock	Scotland	GK	1934-1948	243	0
Walsh, Mickey1 2	Republic of Ireland	FW	1973-1978	180	72
Walsh, Mike	England	DF	1984-1989	153	5
Watmough, Dickie	England	MF	1934-1937	100	31
Watson, Albert2	England	MF	1923-1936	373	22
Watson, Andy	England	FW	1993-1996	115	43
Watson, Phil1	Scotland	DF	1932-1937	171	11
Wellens, Richie	England	MF	2000-2005	188	16
Weston, Jimmy	England	MF	1975-1980	105	8
Witham, Dick	England	DF	1933-1938	149	0
Wood, George	England	GK	1971-1977 & 1989-1990	132	0
Wright, Jackie	England	DF	1948-1959	157	1

[edit] Notes

• GK = Goalkeeper
• DF = Defender
• MF = Midfielder
• FW = Forward
• Note 1: Represented his country as a Blackpool player
• Note 2: Began professional career at Blackpool
• Note 3: Spent entire professional career at Blackpool

[edit] By decade

The following lists Blackpool players by those decades during which they were at the club. Note that some players' Blackpool careers spanned more than one decade, hence their names are repeated accordingly, and some players had more than one spell at the club. Also note that the list in each decade is in chronological order, not alphabetical.

Contents 1890s | 1900s | 1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s  References

[edit] 1890s

• Harry Stirzaker
• Bob Birkett
• Jack Parkinson
• Jack Scott

[edit] 1900s

• Harry Stirzaker
• Bob Birkett
• Jack Parkinson
• Jack Scott
• Edward Threlfall
• William Anderton
• "Tishy" Hull
• Bob Crewdson
• Jimmy Connor
• T. Clarke
• William Fiske

[edit] 1910s

• Bob Crewdson
• Jimmy Connor
• T. Clarke
• William Fiske
• Pat Quinn
• Joe Bainbridge
• Jimmy Jones
• Harold Keenan
• Edward Threlfall
• John Charles
• Bert Tulloch
• Harry Mingay
• Matt Barrass
• Sandy McGinn
• George Beare

[edit] 1920s

• Pat Quinn
• Joe Bainbridge
• Harold Keenan
• John Charles
• Harry Mingay
• Matt Barrass
• Sandy McGinn
• George Beare
• Georgie Mee
• Jimmy Leaver
• Billy Benton
• Harry Bedford
• Jack Meredith
• Albert Watson
• Percy Thorpe
• Billy Tremelling
• Percy Downes
• Stan Ramsay
• William Grant
• Jimmy Hampson

[edit] 1930s

• Billy Benton
• Danny Blair
• Albert Watson
• Billy Tremelling
• Percy Downes
• Stan Ramsay
• William Grant
• Jimmy Hampson
• Louis Cardwell
• Phil Watson
• Tommy Jones
• Dick Witham
• Sammy Jones
• Bobby Finan
• Dickie Watmough
• Jock Wallace, Sr.
• George Farrow
• Alex Munro
• Willie Buchan
• Eric Hayward
• Harry Johnston
• Jock Dodds

[edit] 1940s

• Bobby Finan
• Jock Wallace, Sr.
• George Farrow
• Alex Munro
• Willie Buchan
• Eric Hayward
• Harry Johnston
• Jock Dodds
• Hugh Kelly
• Ron Suart
• Stan Mortensen
• Eddie Shimwell
• Ewan Fenton
• Tommy Garrett
• Stanley Matthews
• Jackie Mudie
• Jackie Wright
• George Farm
• Bill Perry

[edit] 1950s

• Alex Munro
• Eric Hayward
• Harry Johnston
• Hugh Kelly
• Stan Mortensen
• Eddie Shimwell
• Ewan Fenton
• Tommy Garrett
• Stanley Matthews
• Jackie Mudie
• George Farm
• Jackie Wright
• Bill Perry
• Allan Brown
• Ernie Taylor
• Dave Durie
• Roy Gratrix
• Jim Kelly
• Brian Peterson
• Barrie Martin
• Ray Charnley
• Jimmy Armfield
• John Green
• Tony Waiters

[edit] 1960s

• Tommy Garrett
• Stanley Matthews
• Jackie Mudie
• Bill Perry
• Dave Durie
• Roy Gratrix
• Jim Kelly
• Brian Peterson
• Barrie Martin
• Ray Charnley
• Jimmy Armfield
• John Green
• Emlyn Hughes
• Tony Waiters
• Ray Parry
• Des Horne
• Leslie Lea
• Glyn James
• Graham Oates
• Tommy Thompson
• Alan Ball, Jr.
• John McPhee
• Graham Rowe
• John Craven
• Tony Green
• Alan Suddick
• Tommy Hutchison
• Terry Alcock
• Bill Bentley
• Mickey Burns
• Dave Hatton

[edit] 1970s

• Jimmy Armfield
• John McPhee
• Graham Rowe
• John Craven
• Tony Green
• Alan Suddick
• Tommy Hutchison
• Terry Alcock
• Bill Bentley
• Mickey Burns
• Dave Hatton
• Peter Suddaby
• John Burridge
• George Wood
• Alan Ainscow
• Steve Harrison
• John Curtis
• Paul Hart
• Mickey Walsh
• Stan McEwan
• Billy Ronson
• Jimmy Weston
• Paul Gardner
• Iain Hesford
• Terry Pashley
• Dave Bamber

[edit] 1980s

• Alan Ball, Jr. (second spell)
• Tommy Hutchison (second spell)
• George Wood (second spell)
• Stan McEwan
• Paul Gardner
• Iain Hesford
• Terry Pashley
• Dave Bamber
• John Deary
• Colin Greenall
• Paul Stewart
• David Bardsley
• Steve Hetzke
• Ian Britton
• Alex Dyer
• Barry Siddall
• David Moore
• Mike Walsh
• Mike Davies
• Billy Ronson (second spell)
• Colin Methven
• Steve Morgan
• Mark Taylor
• Russell Coughlin
• Andy Garner
• Dave Burgess
• Ian Gore
• Carl Richards
• David Eyres
• Steve McIlhargey
• Gary Briggs

[edit] 1990s

• Dave Bamber (second spell)
• Mike Davies
• Mark Taylor
• Andy Garner
• Dave Burgess
• Ian Gore
• Carl Richards
• David Eyres
• Steve McIlhargey
• Gary Briggs
• Paul Groves
• Trevor Sinclair
• Tony Rodwell
• Andy Gouck
• Phil Horner
• Mark Bonner
• Andy Watson
• James Quinn
• Tony Ellis
• Micky Mellon
• David Linighan
• Andy Preece
• Steve Banks
• Marvin Bryan
• David Bardsley (second spell)
• Tony Butler
• Junior Bent
• Brett Ormerod
• Phil Clarkson
• Ian Hughes
• Phil Barnes
• Scott Taylor
• John Hills
• Danny Coid
• John Murphy

[edit] 2000s

• Junior Bent
• Brett Ormerod
• Phil Clarkson
• Ian Hughes
• Phil Barnes
• Scott Taylor (second spell)
• Tony Butler (second spell)
• John Hills (second and third spells)
• Danny Coid
• John Murphy
• Richie Wellens
• Martin Bullock
• Simon Grayson
• Keith Southern
• Keigan Parker

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X. 
• Neil Brown’s Blackpool F.C. player database
• Soccerbase

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