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The following is a list of notable footballers who have played for Blackpool Football Club. Generally, this refers to players who have played 100 or more Football 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]

List

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Further information: Blackpool F.C. § First-team squad, and Category:Blackpool F.C. players
This list is complete and up to date as of April 2024.

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
Charlie Adam1 2  Scotland MF 2009–2011 91 30
Alan Ainscow  England MF 1971–1978 192 28
Terry Alcock  England DF 1967–1976 191 21
William Anderton  England MF 1901–1907 102 10
Jimmy Armfield1 3  England DF 1954–1971 569 6
Joe Bainbridge  England DF 1911–1921 114 11
Alan Ball1  England MF 1962–1966 & 1980–1981 146 45
Dave Bamber  England FW 1979–1982 & 1990–1994 194 89
Steve Banks  England GK 1995–1999 153 0
Alex Baptiste  England DF 2008–2013 170 8
David Bardsley  England DF 1982–1983 & 1998–2000 109 0
Shaun Barker  England DF 2006–2009 134 5
Phil Barnes  England GK 1997–2004 141 0
Matt Barrass  England MF/DF 1919–1925 168 53
Junior Bent  England FW 1997–2001 104 5
Bill Bentley  England DF 1968–1977 296 10
Billy Benton  England MF 1920–1931 353 24
Harry Bedford1  England FW 1921–1925 169 112
Bob Birkett3  England FW 1896–1906 215 44
Danny Blair  Scotland DF 1936–1939 121 0
Mark Bonner  England MF 1992–1998 178 14
Gary Briggs  England DF 1989–1995 137 4
Ian Britton  Scotland MF 1983–1986 106 15
Allan Brown1  Scotland MF 1950–1956 157 68
Marvin Bryan  England DF 1995–2000 184 4
Willie Buchan  Scotland FW 1937–1948 100 35
Martin Bullock  England MF 2001–2005 153 4
Ben Burgess  Republic of Ireland FW 2006–2010 126 23
Dave Burgess  England DF 1988–1993 101 1
Micky Burns  England FW 1969–1974 179 53
John Burridge  England GK 1971–1975 134 0
Tony Butler  England DF 1996–1999 & 2005–2006 133 1
DJ Campbell5  England FW 2009–2011 66 30
Louis Cardwell  England DF 1931–1937 132 6
David Carney1  Australia DF 2010–2011 11 0
Craig Cathcart1  Northern Ireland DF 2010–2014 112 3
John Charles  England MF 1912–1924 228 30
Ray Charnley1  England FW 1957–1967 363 193
Peter Clarke  England DF 2002, 2004–2006 & 2014–2015 139 16
T. Clarke  England MF 1906–1912 141 0
Phil Clarkson  England MF 1997–2002 171 35
Danny Coid  England DF 1998–2011 263 10
Jimmy Connor  England DF 1905–1914 281 30
Russell Coughlin  Wales MF 1987–1990 101 8
Stephen Crainey1  Scotland DF 2007–2013 214 4
John Craven  England MF 1965–1971 163 24
Bob Crewdson  England DF 1904–1913 209 0
John Curtis  England DF 1973–1977 102 0
Mike Davies3  England DF 1984–1995 310 16
Nathan Delfouneso  England FW 2012–2013, 2013–2014, 2014–2015 & 2017–2020 215 33
John Deary  England MF 1980–1989 285 18
Jock Dodds  Scotland FW 1939–1946 154 134
Kenny Dougall1  Australia MF 2020–2024 129 8
Percy Downes  England MF 1925–1931 152 32
Dave Durie  England FW 1952–1964 301 84
Alex Dyer  England DF 1983–1987 108 19
Neal Eardley1  Wales DF 2009–2013 104 2
Tony Ellis  England FW 1994–1997 147 55
Ian Evatt  England DF 2006–2013 230 9
David Eyres  England MF 1989–1993 147 38
George Farm1  Scotland GK 1948–1960 461 1
George Farrow  England DF 1936–1948 148 15
Ewan Fenton  Scotland DF 1946–1959 195 20
Bobby Finan  Scotland FW 1933–1947 173 85
William Fiske  England GK 1907–1914 217 0
Paul Gardner  England DF 1976–1982 152 1
Andy Garner  England MF 1988–1992 160 37
Tommy Garrett1  England DF 1946–1961 308 3
Matt Gilks1  Scotland GK 2008–2014 182 0
Armand Gnanduillet  France FW 2016–2018 & 2018–2020 118 32
Andy Gouck  England MF 1990–1996 148 22
Ian Gore  England DF 1988–1995 200 0
Kaspars Gorkšs1  Latvia DF 2006–2008 51 7
William Grant  Scotland DF 1927–1935 220 0
Roy Gratrix  England DF 1953–1964 400 0
Simon Grayson  England DF 2002–2005 126 6
John Green  England MF 1960–1967 135 9
Tony Green1  Scotland FW 1966–1971 123 13
Colin Greenall  England DF 1981–1986 183 9
Paul Groves  England MF 1990–1992 107 21
Jimmy Hampson1  England FW 1927–1938 361 248
Steve Harrison  England DF 1971–1978 146 2
Paul Hart  England DF 1973–1978 143 15
Dave Hatton  England MF/DF 1969–1976 251 7
Eric Hayward  England DF 1937–1952 275 15
Iain Hesford  England GK 1977–1983 202 0
Steve Hetzke  England DF 1982–1986 140 18
John Hills  England DF 1994–1995, 1998–2003 & 2007–2008 167 16
Wes Hoolahan1  Republic of Ireland MF 2007–2008 87 13
Des Horne  England MF 1960–1966 118 17
Phil Horner  England DF 1990–1996 187 22
Emlyn Hughes1  England DF 1964–1967 28 0
Ian Hughes  Wales DF 1997–2003 160 4
Arthur Hull  England GK 1902–1906 116 0
Tommy Hutchison  Scotland MF 1967–1973 & 1987–1988 171 10
Tom Ince  England MF 2011–2014 100 31
Glyn James1 3  Wales DF 1960–1975 399 22
Harry Johnston1 3  England DF 1937–1955 398 11
Jimmy Jones  England DF 1912–1920 113 0
Sammy Jones1  Ireland DF 1933–1939 165 6
Tommy Jones  England FW 1933–1938 153 38
Claus Jørgensen  Faroe Islands MF 2006–2009 100 6
Harold Keenan  England DF 1913–1922 101 3
Hugh Kelly1 3  Scotland DF 1943–1960 428 8
Jimmy Kelly  England DF 1954–1961 200 9
Richard Kingson1  Ghana GK 2010–2011 20 0
Leslie Lea  England MF 1960–1967 160 13
Jimmy Leaver  England DF 1920–1926 106 4
David Linighan  England DF 1995–1998 100 5
Stanley Matthews1  England MF 1947–1961 391 17
Chris Maxwell  England GK 2020–2023 101 0
Stan McEwan  Scotland DF 1974–1982 213 24
Sandy McGinn  England MF 1919–1925 132 2
Steve McIlhargey  Scotland GK 1989–1993 101 0
John McPhee  Scotland MF 1962–1970 259 15
Barrie Martin  England DF 1957–1964 187 1
Georgie Mee  England MF 1920–1925 216 21
Micky Mellon  Scotland MF 1994–1997 124 14
Jack Meredith  England MF 1923–1928 190 27
Harry Mingay  England GK 1919–1924 155 0
Colin Methven  Scotland DF 1986–1990 175 11
David Moore  England DF 1984–1986 115 1
Steve Morgan  England DF 1986–1990 144 10
Stan Mortensen1  England FW 1946–1955 317 197
Jackie Mudie1  Scotland FW 1947–1961 324 144
Alex Munro1  Scotland FW 1936–1950 136 17
John Murphy  England FW 1999–2006 229 83
Graham Oates  England MF 1961–1968 121 26
Brett Ormerod  England FW 1997–2001 & 2009–2012 212 65
Keigan Parker  Scotland FW 2004–2008 141 34
Jack Parkinson  England FW 1896–1910 365 55
Ray Parry  England FW 1960–1965 128 27
Terry Pashley  England DF 1978–1983 201 7
Bill Perry1  England MF 1949–1962 394 119
Brian Peterson  South Africa FW 1956–1962 101 16
Andy Preece  England FW 1995–1998 129 35
James Quinn1  Northern Ireland FW 1993–1998 151 36
Peter Quinn  England MF 1910–1920 152 16
Paul Rachubka  England GK 2002–2011 118 0
Stan Ramsay  England DF 1927–1932 105 2
Clark Robertson  Scotland DF 2015–2018 121 4
Tony Rodwell  England MF 1990–1994 137 19
Billy Ronson  England MF 1974–1979 & 1985–1986 131 12
Graham Rowe  England DF 1963–1971 105 12
Jack Scott  England DF 1898–1909 309 15
Eddie Shimwell1  England DF 1946–1957 283 5
Barry Siddall  England GK 1983–1989 117 0
Trevor Sinclair  England MF 1990–1993 112 15
Keith Southern  England MF 2002–2012 321 25
Jay Spearing  England MF 2017–2020 104 0
Paul Stewart  England FW 1981–1987 201 56
Harry Stirzaker3  England DF 1894–1903 154 14
Ron Suart  England DF 1946–1949 103 0
Peter Suddaby  England DF 1970–1980 331 10
Alan Suddick  England MF 1966–1976 310 65
Ernie Taylor1  England FW 1951–1958 217 53
Mark Taylor  England FW 1986–1992 121 43
Scott Taylor  England FW 1998 & 2002–2004 116 43
Gary Taylor-Fletcher  England FW 2007–2013 215 36
Tommy Thompson  England DF 1961–1970 152 1
Percy Thorpe  England DF 1924–1928 113 5
Edward Threlfall  England DF 1900–1911 320 10
Billy Tremelling  England DF 1925–1930 114 43
Bert Tulloch3  England DF 1914–1924 178 0
Ollie Turton  England DF 2017–2021 140 2
David Vaughan1  Wales MF 2008–2011 105 4
Tony Waiters1  England GK 1959–1967 257 0
Jock Wallace  Scotland GK 1934–1948 243 0
Mickey Walsh1  Republic of Ireland FW 1973–1978 180 72
Mike Walsh  England DF 1984–1989 153 5
Dickie Watmough  England MF 1934–1937 100 31
Albert Watson  England MF 1923–1936 373 22
Andy Watson  England FW 1993–1996 115 43
Phil Watson1  Scotland DF 1932–1937 171 11
Richie Wellens  England MF 2000–2005 188 16
Jimmy Weston  England MF 1975–1980 105 8
Dick Witham  England DF 1934–1938 149 0
George Wood  Scotland GK 1971–1977 & 1989–1990 132 0
Jackie Wright  England DF 1948–1959 157 1
Jerry Yates  England FW 2020–2023 124 42

Notes

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  • GK = Goalkeeper
  • DF = Defender
  • MF = Midfielder
  • FW = Forward
  • ^1 Represented his country as a Blackpool player
  • ^2 Blackpool's record sale
  • ^3 Spent entire professional career at Blackpool
  • ^4 Only includes pre-War statistics
  • ^5 Blackpool's record signing

References

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