List of Heart of Midlothian F.C. players

Below is a list of notable footballers who have played for Heart of Midlothian. It generally includes only players who made more than 100 first-class appearances for the club, although it also includes several players who made a significant contribution in under 100 appearances (e.g. Gordon Smith or Skacel) and players who were a key part of the club's early history (e.g. Purdie or Ross), a period for which appearance records are incomplete.

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. An asterisk (*) in the last appearance column indicates that the player still plays for the club. Those in bold have been elected to Hearts' Hall of Fame.

Name	Nat	Birthdate	Pos	First Appearance	Last Appearance	Notes
Tom Purdie		?	FB	28 August 1875	12 February 1881
Jake Reid		?	GK	28 August 1875	29 October 1887
Nick Ross		2 January 1863	FB/CF	17 September 1881	19 April 1884	He died of consumption aged 31.
Tom Jenkinson		21 April 1865	RW	25 February 1884	2 September 1897	First player capped while with Hearts.
Thomas Breckenridge		26 February 1865	W/IF	5 February 1886	15 September 1888
Johnny Hill		?	HB	11 August 1888	5 November 1892
Isaac Begbie		4 June 1868	HB	25 August 1888	10 March 1900
John McPherson		1867	CB	25 August 1888	24 September 1892
Davie Baird		1872	LW	10 November 1888	25 April 1903	Only Hearts player to win 3 Scottish Cups.
Jock Fairbairn		?	GK	1 February 1890	21 May 1898
Davie Russell		6 April 1868	FW	4 October 1890	6 May 1896	Won the League and Cup with both Hearts and Celtic.
George Hogg		2 December 1869	HB	13 August 1892	25 April 1903
Johnny Walker		31 May 1874	FW	4 March 1893	2 April 1898
Barney Battles, Sr.		13 January 1875	JB	8 September 1894	29 May 1895
Bobby Walker		10 January 1879	IF	18 April 1896	27 April 1914	Scotland record cap holder for 25 years.
George Livingstone		5 May 1876	FW	19 September 1896	9 April 1900
Albert Buick		17 January 1875	RW	21 September 1896	18 April 1903
Charlie Thomson		12 June 1878	Various	16 April 1898	23 October 1912	Captain of Hearts and Scotland, later moved to Sunderland.
Harry Rennie		1 June 1873	GK	15 August 1898	9 April 1900
John Walker		?	FW	29 October 1898	12 November 1898	The first black player to play for Hearts and Scotland's First Black Professional Footballer.
Mark Bell		1881	W	12 April 1900	23 January 1904
Bob Mercer		21 September 1889	CB	21 August 1909	14 September 1920	Gassed and discharged invalid during World War I. Later died on the pitch during a friendly at Selkirk.
Andy Wilson		14 February 1896	FW	15 October 1910	17 February 1923
Laurence Abrams		14 May 1889	FB	31 December 1910	28 April 1914
Percy Dawson		29 November 1890	FW	14 January 1911	21 February 1914	Transferred to Blackburn Rovers for £2,500.
Paddy Crossan		1893	RB	17 February 1912	29 March 1924	Twice wounded and gassed at least once during WWI, he later opened a pub in Edinburgh's Rose Street but died suddenly aged 40 in 1933.
Tom Gracie		12 June 1889	FW	17 February 1912	19 April 1915	Enlisted with the Royal Scots during WWI, he died of leukemia before completing military training.
Jock Ramage		?	?	11 October 1919	9 January 1926
Fred Forbes		5 August 1894	FW	3 May 1920	4 March 1922
Jock White		27 August 1897	FW	17 December 1921	21 February 1934	The only British forward to score 4 goals in 3 successive games.
Peter Kerr		20 June 1891	HB	7 May 1924	12 October 1929
Jack Harkness		27 September 1907	GK	5 May 1928	15 August 1936	A member of the"Wembley Wizards" team in 1928. Later a journalist with The Sunday Post.
Barney Battles, Jr.		12 October 1905	FW	11 August 1928	29 April 1936	Hearts record goalscorer in a single season with 44. He scored 11 goals versus Hibs in the space of a month in 3 local cup finals.
Alex Massie		13 March 1906	HB	8 November 1930	10 May 1941	Known as "The Ace of Hearts, he was transferred to Aston Villa.
Andy Anderson		21 February 1909	RB	15 August 1931	8 April 1944
Tommy Walker		26 May 1915	IF	3 September 1932	8 January 1949	Later Hearts most successful manager.
Dave McCulloch		5 October 1911	FW	11 August 1934	25 November 1935
Andy Black		23 September 1917	FW	31 August 1935	2 September 1946
Bobby Baxter		23 January 1911	CB	1 January 1940	29 March 1947
Tam McKenzie		5 November 1922	LB	10 January 1942	23 November 1957
Jimmy Brown		19 July 1925	GK	10 October 1942	14 April 1952
Alfie Conn, Sr.		2 October 1926	IF	14 October 1944	31 October 1960	First of the "Terrible Trio" to make his debut.
Jimmy Wardhaugh		21 March 1929	IF	21 August 1946	31 October 1960	Hearts' record league scorer for almost 40 years.
Bobby Parker[1]		30 June 1924	RB	16 August 1947	23 November 1957	A captain and later chairman of the club.
Willie Bauld		24 January 1928	FW	9 October 1948	11 March 1962	Hearts record competitive goalscorer.
John Cumming		17 March 1930	HB	30 December 1950	12 November 1966	Hearts most honoured player with 2 League Titles, 1 Scottish Cup and 4 League Cups.
Freddie Glidden		9 July 1928	CB	10 November 1951	29 November 1958
Jimmy Murray		4 February 1933	IF	15 March 1952	20 April 1961	Scotland's first ever scorer in a World Cup finals match.
Dave Mackay		14 November 1934	HB	7 November 1953	7 March 1959	Achieved further success under Brian Clough at Derby.
Willie Duff		6 February 1935	GK	14 August 1954	13 October 1956
Ian Crawford		14 July 1934	LW	15 September 1954	29 March 1961	Scored twice in the 1956 Scottish Cup Final victory.
Alex Young		3 February 1937	FW	27 August 1955	12 November 1960
Johnny Hamilton		22 January 1935	W	1 October 1955	8 April 1967
Gordon Marshall		2 July 1939	GK	17 November 1956	11 May 1963	An England under-23 internationalist whose son Gordon Jnr. played for Scotland.
Gordon Smith		25 May 1924	RW	22 August 1959	8 April 1961	The only player to win the Scottish League with 3 different clubs, Hibs, Hearts and Dundee.
David Holt		3 January 1936	LB	24 September 1960	12 April 1969	Represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics while an amateur with Queens Park.
Jim Cruickshank		13 April 1941	GK	15 October 1960	23 April 1977
Norrie Davidson		25 October 1934	FW	4 February 1961	26 October 1963	Scored the winning goal in the 1962 League Cup final.
Willie Wallace		23 June 1940	FW	29 April 1961	3 December 1966	Later a "Lisbon Lion" with Celtic.
Roy Barry		19 September 1942	CB	12 August 1961	24 September 1966
Alan Gordon		14 May 1944	FW	21 October 1961	15 March 1969	Only player to have played for both senior sides in Edinburgh and Dundee.
Willie Hamilton		16 February 1938	MF/FW	1 September 1962	22 February 1969
Alan Anderson		21 December 1939	CB	2 January 1964	26 April 1976
Donald Ford		25 October 1944	FW	26 September 1964	16 May 1976
Roald Jensen		13 January 1943	W	2 January 1965	19 May 1976	Norwegian Player of the Year four times, twice before joinging Hearts and twice after.
George Miller		20 May 1939	CB	20 November 1965	16 November 1968
David Clunie		16 March 1948	RB	1 October 1966	23 April 1977
George Fleming		22 September 1948	MF	10 December 1966	25 December 1971
Eddie Thomson		25 February 1947	HB	22 March 1967	12 March 1973	Later manager of Australia.
Jim Brown		11 August 1950	RB/MF	4 January 1969	14 May 1979
Jim Jefferies		22 November 1950	FB/CB	4 March 1972	2 May 1981
Donald Park		19 July 1953	RW/MF	28 October 1972	11 May 1985
Willie Gibson		3 April 1953	FW	5 May 1973	2 May 1981
Drew Busby		8 December 1947	MF/FW	11 August 1973	25 April 1979
Bobby Prentice		27 September 1953	LW	18 August 1973	28 April 1979
Eamonn Bannon		18 April 1958	MF	9 October 1976	1 May 1993	Bannon returned to Hearts in the late 1980s after playing with Chelsea and Dundee United.
Walter Kidd		10 March 1958	RB	15 October 1977	26 November 1994
Frank Liddell		10 July 1953	CB	12 August 1978	29 August 1981
Alex MacDonald		17 March 1948	MF	9 August 1980	24 April 1988	Veteran player who became Hearts first player-manager.
Gary Mackay		23 January 1964	MF	24 September 1980	1 March 1997	Hearts record appearance holder.
Henry Smith		10 March 1956	GK	8 August 1981	31 January 1996
John Robertson		2 October 1964	FW	17 February 1982	16 May 1998	Hearts record league goalscorer.
Sandy Jardine		31 December 1948	RB/CB	9 August 1982	3 October 1987
Craig Levein		22 October 1964	CB	3 December 1983	30 August 1995
Kenny Black		29 November 1963	FW	30 July 1984	13 May 1989
Sandy Clark		28 October 1956	FW	20 October 1984	24 August 1988
Neil Berry		6 April 1963	MF/CB	12 December 1984	4 May 1996
John Colquhoun		14 July 1963	RW/FW	10 August 1985	21 December 1996
Wayne Foster		11 September 1963	CF	23 August 1986	31 August 1994
Dave McPherson		28 January 1964	CB	18 July 1987	23 May 1999
Alan McLaren		4 January 1971	CB	7 May 1988	22 October 1994
Tosh McKinlay		3 December 1964	LB	10 December 1988	29 October 1994
Gary Locke		16 June 1975	RB/MF	8 May 1993	2 January 2001	Hearts youngest captain, aged 20, in the modern era.
Steve Fulton		10 August 1970	MF	14 October 1995	12 May 2002	Captained the 1998 Scottish Cup winning team.
Gilles Rousset		22 August 1963	GK	28 October 1995	28 September 2000
Colin Cameron		23 October 1972	MF	10 April 1996	18 August 2001	Scorer of the opening goal in the 1998 Scottish Cup win, Hearts first trophy in 36 years.
Gary Naysmith		16 November 1978	LB	4 May 1996	1 October 2000
Neil McCann		11 August 1974	LW	14 August 1996	16 February 2008
Thomas Flögel		7 June 1971	FB/MF	18 July 1997	12 May 2002
Stéphane Adam		14 May 1969	FW	18 July 1997	12 May 2002
Steven Pressley		11 October 1973	CB	12 July 1998	25 November 2006
Scott Severin		15 February 1979	MF	12 September 1998	16 May 2004
Antti Niemi		31 May 1972	GK	19 December 1999	18 August 2002	The most capped player to win a cap whilst playing for Hearts.
Robbie Neilson		19 June 1980	RB	22 July 2000	24 May 2009
Craig Gordon		31 December 1982	GK	3 March 2001	20 May 2007
Mark de Vries		24 August 1975	FW	3 August 2002	2 January 2005	Scored 4 times against Hibs on his home debut.
Paul Hartley		19 October 1976	MF	16 July 2003	20 January 2007
Laryea Kingston		7 November 1980	MF	3 February 2007	2010-??-??
Rudi Skácel		17 July 1979	MF	20 July 2005	19 May 2012	Scored Hearts goal in the 2006 Scottish Cup Final. Scored twice in 2012 Scottish Cup Final.

Key to positions

• GK — Goalkeeper
• FB — Full back
• RB — Right back
• LB — Left back
• CB — Centre back
• HB — Half back
• MF — Midfielder
• W — Winger
• RW — Right Winger
• LW — Left Winger
• IF — Inside Forward
• FW — Forward

References

• "Londonhearts.com Hearts Heroes". Retrieved 7 April 2007. 
• Hoggan, Andrew (1995). Hearts in Art. Mainstream. ISBN 1-85158-736-5. 
• Price, Norrie (1997). Gritty, Gallant, Glorius: A History and Complete Record of the Hearts, 1946-1997. Price. ISBN 0-9521426-3-5. 
• Vasili,Phil (2000). Colouring Over The White Line. Mainstream. ISBN 1-84018-296-2.