List of Blackburn Rovers F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Blackburn Rovers. The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more senior matches for the club. Other players who are deemed to have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason for their notability should be included in the 'Notes' column.

For a list of all Blackburn Rovers players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. players, and for the current squad see Blackburn Rovers F.C.#Current squad.

Explanation of list

Players are listed in chronological order according to the year in which they first played for the club, and then by alphabetical order of their surname. Appearances and goals include substitute appearances, but exclude wartime matches. Further information on competitions and seasons which are regarded as eligible for appearance stats are provided below, and if a player's data is not available for any of these competitions, an appropriate note will be added to the table.

League appearances

League appearances and goals includes data for the following league spells, but does not include test or play-off matches:

Total appearances

The figures for total appearances and goals includes the league figures together with the following competitions:

Table

Statistics are up to date as of 8 March 2013.

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NamePositionClub careerLeague
apps		League
goals		Total
apps		Total
goals		Notes
Hargreaves, FredFred HargreavesDF 18??-188? 00??Captained Blackburn in 1882 FA Cup final
Suter, FergusFergus SuterGK 1880–1889 10??Played in four FA Cup finals with Blackburn
Brown, JamesJames BrownIF 1881?–1889? 40??Played in four FA Cup finals with Blackburn, and was captain in two finals (1885–6)
Townley, WilliamWilliam TownleyFW 1888?–1892? 7727??Played for Blackburn in two FA Cup finals, scoring a hat-trick in 1890
Dewar, GeordieGeordie DewarDF 1889–1897 1747??
Crompton, BobBob CromptonDF 1896–1920 53014??Manager of Blackburn 1926–1931, 1938–1941
Haworth, RobertRobert HaworthDF 1898?–1904? 1225??
Bradshaw, BillyBilly BradshawMF 1903–1919 38636??
Davies, WilliamWilliam DaviesFW 1905–1913 13266??Also known as "Tinker" Davies
Simpson, JockJock SimpsonFW 1910–1914 15116??
Roscamp, JackJack RoscampWH/FW 1923–1931 22337??
Puddefoot, SydSyd PuddefootFW 1924?–1932? 25079??
Jones, HerbertHerbert JonesDF 1925–1934 2470??
Bruton, JackJack BrutonOR 1929?–1939? 324108??Manager of Blackburn 1947–1949
Crook, WalterWalter CrookDF 1931–1947 2362??Most consecutive League appearances by Blackburn player (208)
Thompson, ErnieErnie ThompsonFW 1931?–1936? 17182??
Eckersley, BillBill EckersleyDF 1947–1961 40620??
Clayton, RonnieRonnie ClaytonWH 1950–1969 58115??
Quigley, EddieEddie QuigleyFW 1951–1956 15992??Manager of Blackburn 1967–1970
Briggs, TommyTommy BriggsFW 1952–1957 194140??
Douglas, BryanBryan DouglasFW 1952–1969 438100??36 appearances for England scoring 11 goals[1]
Newton, KeithKeith NewtonDF 1960–1969 3069??
Wilson, BillyBilly WilsonDF 1964–1972 2470??
Fazackerley, DerekDerek FazackerleyDF 1969–1987 59623671?Record Blackburn appearances
Parkes, TonyTony ParkesMF 1970?–1981 35038??Caretaker manager of Blackburn on six different occasions between 1986 and 2004
Butcher, JohnJohn ButcherGK 1976–1982 1040??
Keeley, GlennGlenn KeeleyDF 1976?–1987? 37023??
Brotherston, NoelNoel BrotherstonWN 1977?–1987? 31740??
Garner, SimonSimon GarnerFW 1978–1992 474168555192Record Blackburn goalscorer
Branagan, JimJim BranaganDF 1979?–1987? 2945??
Crawford, AndyAndy CrawfordFW 1979-1982 ??5621Andy Crawford scored both goals in the 2-1 win at Gigg Lane that secured Rovers’ promotion into the Second Division.
Kendall, HowardHoward KendallMF 1979–1981 796??Player-manager of Blackburn 1979–1981
Wilcox, JasonJason WilcoxMF 1989–1999 26931??
Shearer, AlanAlan ShearerFW 1992–1996 138112171130
Sherwood, TimTim SherwoodMF 1992–1999 2462529831
Berg, HenningHenning BergDF 1993–1997, 2000-2003 25172977Manager of Blackburn 2012
Flowers, TimTim FlowersGK 1993–1999 17702170
Friedel, BradBrad FriedelGK 2000–2008 28913561
Dunn, DavidDavid DunnMF 1997–2003, 2007– 2754533154
Hughes, MarkMark HughesFW 2000–2002 506647Manager of Blackburn 2004–2008
Cole, AndrewAndrew ColeFW 2001–2004 832710037Blackburn's joint record transfer fee paid (£8M)
Kerimoğlu, TugayTugay KerimoğluMF 2001–2009 2331129413
Neill, LucasLucas NeillDF 2001–2007 18852278
Emerton, BrettBrett EmertonMF 2003–2011 2461329420
Reid, StevenSteven ReidMF 2003–2010 11361358
Crossan, EddieEddie CrossanIF 1947-1957 28773??
Pedersen, Morten GamstMorten Gamst PedersenMF 2004– 2823534247
Nelsen, RyanRyan NelsenDF 2005–2012 17282098
Mokoena, AaronAaron MokoenaDF 2005–2009 ??1010
McCarthy, BenniBenni McCarthyFW 2006–2010 1093714052
Roberts, JasonJason RobertsFW 2006–20111342415628
Samba, ChristopherChristopher SambaDF 2007–2012 1611618618
Santa Cruz, RoqueRoque Santa CruzFW 2007–2009, 2011 66238029Record transfer fee received by Blackburn (£17.5M)
Vogel, JohannJohann VogelMF 2008–200970161 Swiss National Team captain, signed on a Free after a spell at Real Betis
Robinson, PaulPaul RobinsonGK 2008–18902010
Lowe, JasonJason LoweMF 2010–12001370
Rhodes, JordanJordan RhodesFW 2012–1327214173

References

  1. ↑ Wikipedia