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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 criterion are considered to have made significant contributions to the club's history.^[1]

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 24 October 2009.

[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	191	21
Anderton, William	England	MF	1901-1907	102	10
Armfield, Jimmy¹ ² ³	England	DF	1954-1971	569	6
Bainbridge, Joe	England	DF	1911-1921	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
Barker, Shaun	England	DF	2006-2009	134	5
Barnes, Phil	England	GK	1997-2004	141	0
Barrass, Matt	England	MF/DF	1919-1925	168	53
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	1896-1906	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
Burgess, Ben	Republic of Ireland	FW	2006-present	100	19
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	1931-1937	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	262	10
Connor, Jimmy	England	DF	1905-1914	281	30
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	15⁴	3⁴
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
Evatt, Ian	England	DF	2006-present	116	2
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	Scotland	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	1960-1967	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	146	2
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, Arthur	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
Jørgensen, Claus	Faroe Islands	F	2006-2009	100	6
Keenan, Harold	England	DF	1913-1922	101	3
Kelly, Hugh¹ ³	Scotland	DF	1943-1960	428	8
Kelly, Jimmy	England	DF	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	391	17
McEwan, Stan	Scotland	DF	1974-1982	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	21
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 & 2009-present	155	49
Parker, Keigan	Scotland	FW	2004-2008	141	34
Parkinson, Jack²	England	FW	1896-1910	365	55
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	South Africa	FW	1956-1962	101	16
Preece, Andy	England	FW	1995-1998	129	35
Quinn, James¹	Northern Ireland	FW	1993-1998	151	36
Quinn, Peter	England	MF	1910-1920	152	16
Rachubka, Paul	England	GK	2002-present	107	0
Ramsay, Stan	England	DF	1927-1932	105	2
Rodwell, Tony	England	MF	1990-1994	137	19
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	256	22
Stewart, Paul²	England	FW	1981-1987	201	56
Stirzaker, Harry² ³	England	DF	1894-1903	154	14
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	1961-1970	152	1
Thorpe, Percy	England	DF	1924-1928	113	5
Threlfall, Edward	England	DF	1900-1911	320	10
Tremelling, Billy²	England	DF	1925-1930	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	1934-1938	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
Note 4: Only includes pre-War statistics

[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, and some players had more than one spell at the club, hence their names are repeated accordingly. Also note that the players in each decade are listed in chronological order, not alphabetical.

1890s

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

[edit] References

Specific

^ Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.

General

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

[0] Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.

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Contents

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[edit] Notes

[edit] By decade

[edit] References