List of Blackburn Rovers F.C. players

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For a list of all Blackburn Rovers players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. players. For Rovers' current first-team squad, see current squad.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club was founded in 1875, first entered the FA Cup four years later, and became a founder member of the Football League in 1888 and of the Premier League in 1992. The club's first team have been English champions three times, and have won six FA Cups, one Football League Cup and one Full Members' Cup. All players who have made 100 or more appearances in nationally or internationally organised competitive matches for the club should be listed below.

Each player's details include the duration of his Rovers career, his typical playing position while with the club, and the number of games played and goals scored in domestic league matches and in all senior competitive matches. Where applicable, the list also includes the national team(s) for which the player was selected.

Key[edit]

  • 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 as a substitute are included.
  • Statistics are correct up to and including the end of the 2022–23 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season.
Positions key
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
FB Full back
CD Central defender
MF Midfielder
CH Centre half
WH Wing half
W Winger
FW Forward
IF Inside forward
CF Centre forward
U Utility player
Player
Players marked * were registered for the club as at the date specified above.
Players marked ‡ have won the Blackburn Rovers F.C. Player of the Year award.[1]
Position
Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.
Club career
Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
League appearances and League goals
League appearances and goals comprise those in the Football League and the Premier League. Appearances in the 1939–40 Football League season, abandoned after three games because of the Second World War, are excluded.
Total appearances and Total goals
Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Football League (including test matches and play-offs), Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, European Cup, UEFA Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup, EFL Trophy and predecessors, Anglo-Scottish Cup, Full Members' Cup, and FA Charity Shield. Matches in wartime competitions are excluded.
International selection
Countries are listed only for players who have been selected for international football. Only the highest level of international competition is given, except for players who competed for more than one country, for whom the highest level reached for each country is shown.

Players with 100 or more appearances[edit]

Table of players, including playing position, club statistics and international selection
Player Pos. Club career League Total International
selection 		Notes Refs.
Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jimmy Forrest WH 1883–1895 148 2 195 7  England [2]
Nat Walton IF/GK 1884–1893 110 37 139 49  England [3]
Jack Southworth CF 1887–1893 108 97 132 121  England [4]
Billy Townley W 1887–1892
1893–1894		 97 37 123 51  England [a] [6]
John Forbes FB 1888–1894 106 1 127 2 — [2]
Tom Brandon FB 1889–1891
1893–1900		 216 2 245 2  Scotland [7]
Harry Campbell IF 1889–1894 98 22 113 26  Scotland [8]
Geordie Dewar CH/WH 1889–1897 174 7 196 10  Scotland [9]
Harry Chippendale W 1891–1897 134 50 147 52  England [8]
Geordie Anderson CH 1892–1897
1898–1900		 178 19 200 20 — [L 1] [10]
John Murray FB 1892–1896 109 0 122 0 — [11]
Adam Ogilvie GK 1893–1897 108 0 120 0 — [12]
Tom Booth WH 1896–1900 111 10 123 11  England [7]
Kelly Houlker WH 1896–1902
1906–1909		 151 2 163 2  England [13]
Bob Crompton FB 1897–1920 529 14 576 14  England [b] [8]
Fred Blackburn W 1898–1905 192 25 206 31  England [7]
Bob Haworth CH/WH 1898–1903 122 5 129 5 — [13]
Jack Dewhurst CF 1899–1903 169 43 182 47 — [9]
Sammy McClure CH 1899–1906 144 12 152 12 — [11]
Arnie Whittaker W 1899–1908 250 57 265 57 — [3]
Willie McIver GK 1901–1908 126 0 132 0 — [11]
Adam Bowman FW 1903–1907 99 42 104 43 — [7]
Billy Bradshaw WH 1903–1920 386 36 426 39  England [7]
Bob Evans GK 1903–1908 104 0 113 0  Wales [15]
Sam Wolstenholme WH 1904–1908 98 1 105 2  England [3]
Arthur Cowell FB 1905–1919 278 0 305 0  England [8]
Bill Davies CF 1905–1912 132 67 143 70  Wales [9]
Walter Aitkenhead IF/HB 1906–1915 210 75 239 95  Scotland [10]
Eddie Latheron IF 1906–1915 256 94 281 104  England [16]
Tommy Suttie FB 1907–1915 103 0 110 0 — [4]
Albert Walmsley WH 1907–1920 272 6 300 6 — [3]
Walter Anthony W 1908–1914 149 11 164 14 — [10]
Jimmy Ashcroft GK 1908–1913 114 0 129 0  England [10]
George Chapman CH/CF 1908–1910
1911–1915		 138 34 152 42 — [8]
Percy Smith CH 1910–1920 172 5 193 6 — [4]
Alfred Robinson GK 1911–1920 144 0 157 0 — [17]
Jock Simpson W 1911–1915 151 15 169 22  England [4]
Joe Hodkinson W 1913–1923 228 19 244 20  England [13]
Danny Shea IF 1913–1920 97 62 105 65  England [4]
Percy Dawson CF 1914–1923 140 71 151 73 — [9]
Ernest Hawksworth IF 1919–1924 96 34 100 34 — [13]
Harry Healless WH/CH 1919–1932 360 12 397 13  England [13]
Peter Holland FW 1919–1928 116 24 125 25 — [13]
Frank Reilly CH 1919–1923 127 8 138 9 — [17]
Dave Rollo FB 1919–1926 207 5 225 6  Ireland [17]
Ronnie Sewell GK 1920–1927 227 0 248 0  England [4]
Jock McKay IF 1921–1927 150 46 161 49  Scotland [11]
Jimmy McKinnell WH 1921–1926 111 0 124 0 — [11]
Tom Wylie FB 1921–1925 174 0 191 0 — [3]
Johnny McIntyre IF/WH 1922–1927 175 38 194 38 — [11]
Austen Campbell WH 1923–1929 161 7 184 9  England [8]
John Crisp W 1923–1926 98 18 108 19 — [8]
Ted Harper CF 1923–1927
1933–1934		 171 121 177 122  England [13]
Jack Roscamp WH/FW 1923–1932 223 37 251 44 — [17]
Robert Roxburgh FB 1924–1930 114 0 128 0 — [17]
Jock Crawford GK 1925–1932 155 0 173 0 — [8]
Syd Puddefoot IF 1925–1932 250 79 276 87  England [18]
Arthur Rigby W 1925–1929 156 41 169 44  England [17]
Jock Hutton FB 1926–1932 127 4 146 5  Scotland [13]
Herbert Jones FB 1926–1933 247 0 261 0  England [19]
Tommy McLean IF 1927–1935 247 44 275 49 — [11]
Willie Rankin CH 1927–1932 144 4 162 4 — [17]
Jack Bruton W 1929–1938 324 108 344 115  England [c] [7]
Bill Imrie WH 1929–1934 165 23 176 24 — [20]
Tom Turner W 1929–1936 113 24 115 24 — [6]
Cliff Binns GK 1930–1936 183 0 196 0 — [7]
Jesse Carver CH 1930–1936 143 2 146 2 — [8]
Arthur Cunliffe W 1930–1933 129 47 140 55  England [8]
Jimmy Gorman FB 1931–1937 213 0 225 0 — [21]
Ernie Thompson CF 1931–1936 171 82 179 84 — [6]
Walter Crook FB 1932–1947 218 2 237 2  England wartime [d] [8]
Bob Pryde CH 1933–1949 320 11 345 11 — [18]
Arnold Whiteside WH 1933–1949 218 3 239 3 — [3]
Len Butt IF 1937–1946 110 44 117 48 — [7]
Bobby Langton W 1938–1948
1953–1956		 212 57 230 58  England [16]
Eric Bell WH 1946–1956 323 9 333 9 — [13]
Jackie Campbell U 1946–1955 224 19 245 20 — [8]
Jack Patterson GK 1946–1956 107 0 112 0 — [18]
Les Graham FW 1947–1952 150 42 157 44 — [21]
David Gray FB 1947–1953 107 5 111 5 — [21]
Eddie Crossan IF 1948–1957 287 73 302 74  Northern Ireland [8]
Bill Eckersley FB 1948–1960 406 20 432 21  England [15]
Jackie Wharton W 1948–1952 129 15 138 17 — [3]
Ron Suart FB/CH 1949–1955 176 0 187 0 — [4]
Ronnie Clayton WH 1951–1969 581 15 665 16  England [8]
Reg Elvy GK 1951–1956 192 0 208 0 — [15]
Willie Kelly CH 1951–1956 186 1 202 1 — [23]
Eddie Quigley IF 1951–1956 159 92 166 95 — [e] [24]
Tommy Briggs CF 1952–1957 194 140 204 143 England B [7]
Bill Smith U 1952–1960 119 10 128 12 — [4]
Bryan Douglas FW 1954–1969 438 101 503 115  England [9]
Ken Taylor FB 1954–1969 200 0 233 0 — [6]
Roy Vernon IF 1955–1960 131 49 144 52  Wales [25]
Peter Dobing FW 1956–1961 179 88 205 104  England U23 [9]
Harry Leyland GK 1956–1961 166 0 188 0 — [16]
Ally MacLeod W 1956–1961 193 47 218 53 Scottish Schools [11]
Mick McGrath WH 1956–1965 268 8 312 12  Republic of Ireland [11]
Matt Woods CH 1956–1963 260 2 307 3 — [3]
John Bray FB 1959–1965 153 2 184 2 — [7]
Mike England CH 1959–1966 165 21 184 21  Wales [15]
Andy McEvoy IF/WH 1959–1967 183 89 213 103  Republic of Ireland [11]
Fred Pickering CF 1959–1964
1971		 134 61 158 74  England [18]
Keith Newton FB 1960–1969 306 9 357 10  England [26]
John Byrom W 1961–1966 124 50 149 64 — [7]
Fred Else GK 1961–1966 187 0 221 0 — [15]
Mike Ferguson W 1962–1968 220 29 249 36 — [2]
Mike Harrison W 1962–1967 160 40 181 43 — [13]
Walter Joyce MF 1964–1967 120 4 135 4 — [19]
Dick Mulvaney CD 1964–1971 141 4 151 4 — [11]
Malcolm Darling FW 1965–1970 128 30 141 34 — [9]
Eamonn Rogers MF 1965–1971 165 30 183 39  Republic of Ireland [17]
George Sharples WH/CH 1965–1969 103 5 113 5  England U18 [4]
Billy Wilson FB 1965–1971 247 0 277 0 — [3]
John Connelly W 1966–1970 149 36 164 39  England [8]
Adam Blacklaw GK 1967–1970 96 0 110 0 — [7]
Don Martin CF 1968–1975 224 57 255 63 — [11][27]
Stuart Metcalfe MF 1968–1980
1983		 387 21 451 26  England U18 [11][27]
Roger Jones GK 1970–1976 242 0 277 0  England U23 [19][27]
Tony Parkes MF 1970–1981 350 38 409 46 — [f] [18][27]
Mick Wood FB 1970–1978 148 2 170 4 — [3][27]
Preben Arentoft MF/DF 1971–1974 94 3 108 3 — [10]
Derek Fazackerley ‡ CD 1971–1986 596 24 689 26 — [g] [2][27]
Tony Field FW 1971–1974 106 45 120 54 — [2]
Terry Garbett MF 1971–1974 90 6 103 7 — [21]
Mick Heaton FB 1971–1976 171 1 194 1 — [13][27]
John Waddington CD/MF 1973–1979 148 18 175 20 — [3][27]
Ken Beamish FW 1974–1976 86 18 104 28 — [7][27]
Graham Hawkins CD 1974–1977 109 4 131 4 — [13][27]
Kevin Hird MF/FB 1974–1979 132 20 160 21 — [13][27]
John Bailey FB 1975–1979 120 1 144 1 England B [7][27]
Glenn Keeley CH 1976–1987 370 23 431 24  England U18 [23][27]
Noel Brotherston W 1977–1987 317 40 381 54  Northern Ireland [7][27]
John Butcher GK 1977–1980 104 0 122 0 — [7][27]
Simon Garner ‡ CF 1978–1992 484 168 570 194 — [h] [21][27]
Jim Branagan FB 1979–1987 294 5 338 5 — [7][27]
Mick Rathbone ‡ FB 1979–1987 273 2 310 2 — [17][27]
John Lowey CF/MF 1980–1986 141 14 156 16 — [16][27]
Terry Gennoe ‡ GK 1981–1990 289 0 334 0  England U18 [21][27]
David Hamilton MF 1981–1986 114 7 123 7 — [13]
Ian Miller W 1981–1989 268 16 305 18 — [11]
David Mail ‡ CD 1982–1990 206 4 248 4 — [11]
Simon Barker ‡ MF 1983–1988 182 35 208 41  England U21 [i] [7]
Mark Patterson W 1983–1988 101 20 115 22 — [18]
Chris Thompson CF 1983–1986 85 24 100 26 — [6]
Scott Sellars ‡ MF 1986–1992 202 35 245 41  England [4]
Howard Gayle ‡ FW 1987–1991 116 29 144 34  England U21 [21][30]
Colin Hendry ‡ CD 1987–1989
1991–1998		 336 34 408 35  Scotland [13][30]
Keith Hill CD 1987–1992 96 4 113 5 — [13]
John Millar FB/MF 1987–1991 126 1 151 1  Scotland U18 [11]
Bobby Mimms GK 1987
1991–1995		 134 0 162 0  England [L 2] [11][30]
Nicky Reid MF 1987–1992 174 9 209 10  England U21 [17]
Chris Sulley FB 1987–1991 134 3 156 3 — [4]
Mark Atkins FB/MF 1988–1995 257 34 314 39 — [10][30]
David May CD 1989–1994 123 2 151 5 — [11]
Kevin Moran ‡ CD 1990–1994 147 10 173 12  Republic of Ireland [11]
Jason Wilcox W 1990–1999 269 31 312 34  England [3][30]
Mike Newell FW 1991–1996 130 28 167 48 England B [26][30][31]
Stuart Ripley W 1992–1998 187 13 228 16  England [17][30]
Alan Shearer ‡ FW 1992–1996 138 112 171 130  England [4][30]
Tim Sherwood MF 1992–1999 246 25 300 31  England [L 3] [4][30][32]
Henning Berg DF 1993–1997
2000–2003		 250 7 296 7  Norway [L 4][j] [7][30][33]
Tim Flowers GK 1993–1999 177 0 217 0  England [2][30]
Kevin Gallacher FW 1993–1999 144 46 169 53  Scotland [21][30]
Graeme Le Saux FB 1993–1997 129 7 154 7  England [34]
Chris Sutton ‡ FW 1994–1999 130 47 161 59  England [35]
Jeff Kenna FB 1995–2001 155 1 194 1  Republic of Ireland [36]
Billy McKinlay MF 1995–1999 90 3 103 4  Scotland [37]
Garry Flitcroft MF 1996–2005 246 14 280 20  England U21 [38][39]
Damien Duff ‡ W 1997–2003 184 27 223 35  Republic of Ireland [40]
David Dunn MF 1998–2003
2007–2015		 316 50 378 59  England [41][30]
Keith Gillespie W 1998–2003 113 5 137 6  Northern Ireland [42]
Martin Taylor CD 1998–2004 88 5 125 6  England U21 [43]
Matt Jansen ‡ FW 1999–2005 153 44 182 57  England U21 [30]
Craig Short DF 1999–2005 134 4 146 5 — [44]
Brad Friedel ‡ GK 2000–2008 288 1 357 1  United States [45]
Nils-Eric Johansson DF 2001–2005 86 0 110 2  Sweden [46]
Tugay Kerimoğlu ‡ MF 2001–2009 233 10 294 12  Turkey [47]
Lucas Neill DF/MF 2001–2007 188 5 227 8  Australia [48]
Andy Cole FW 2002–2004 83 27 100 37  England [k] [49]
Andy Todd ‡ DF 2002–2007 88 4 113 5 — [50]
Brett Emerton W 2003–2011 247 13 294 19  Australia [51][52]
Steven Reid MF 2003–2010 113 6 134 8
[53][54]
Morten Gamst Pedersen MF 2004–2013 288 35 349 47  Norway [55]
David Bentley ‡ MF 2005–2008
2013		 107 13 140 21  England [L 5][56]
Aaron Mokoena DF 2005–2009 101 0 139 2  South Africa [57]
Ryan Nelsen DF 2005–2011 172 8 208 8  New Zealand [58]
Robbie Savage MF 2005–2007 76 1 100 3  Wales [59]
Benni McCarthy FW 2006–2010 109 37 140 52  South Africa [60]
Jason Roberts FW 2006–2011 134 24 156 28  Grenada [61]
Martin Olsson DF/MF 2007–2013 117 3 142 5  Sweden [62]
Christopher Samba CD 2007–2011 161 16 185 18  Congo [63]
Stephen Warnock ‡ DF/MF 2007–2009 88 5 109 6  England [64]
Paul Robinson ‡ GK 2008–2014 189 0 201 0  England [65]
Gaël Givet DF 2009
2009–2013		 115 3 132 5  France [L 6][66]
Grant Hanley ‡ DF 2009–2016 183 7 200 8  Scotland [67]
Scott Dann DF 2011–2014 98 5 106 7  England U21 [68]
Jason Lowe MF 2011–2017 173 1 196 1  England U21 [69]
Marcus Olsson ‡ DF 2012–2016 104 1 114 1  Sweden [70]
Jordan Rhodes ‡ FW 2012–2016 159 83 169 85  Scotland [k] [72]
Corry Evans MF 2013–2021 206 4 219 5  Northern Ireland [73]
Ben Marshall MF 2013–2017 126 11 140 15  England U21 [74]
Craig Conway MF 2014–2019 178 19 200 22  Scotland [75]
Jason Steele GK 2014–2017 113 0 120 0
[76]
Darragh Lenihan DF 2015–2022 233 9 252 10  Republic of Ireland [77]
Ryan Nyambe DF 2015–2022 183 0 201 0  Namibia [78]
David Raya GK 2015–2019 98 0 108 0  Spain [79]
Elliott Bennett MF 2016–2021 177 8 192 9 — [80]
Sam Gallagher * FW 2016–2017
2019–present		 195 42 208 44
[L 7] [81][30][82]
Danny Graham ‡ FW 2016
2016–2020		 176 52 191 57  England U20 [L 8] [83][84]
Charlie Mulgrew DF 2016–2019 100 27 109 27  Scotland [85]
Derrick Williams ‡ DF 2016–2020 138 6 152 6  Republic of Ireland [86]
Bradley Dack ‡ MF 2017–2023 158 50 173 57 — [87]
Lewis Travis * DF 2017–present 180 6 202 6 — [88]
Adam Armstrong ‡ FW 2018–2021 151 58 160 64  England U21 [L 9] [89]
Ben Brereton Díaz FW 2018–2023 160 45 177 47
[L 10] [90][91]
Joe Rothwell MF 2018–2022 149 10 161 11  England U20 [92][30]
John Buckley * MF 2019–present 113 6 127 6 — [93]
Tyrhys Dolan * FW 2020–present 111 11 124 14  England U20 [30]
Thomas Kaminski *‡ GK 2020–present 115 0 118 0  Belgium U21 [30]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Billy Townley played for Blackburn in two FA Cup finals; in the second, in 1891, he became the first man to score a hat-trick in an FA Cup final as Blackburn beat Sheffield Wednesday 6–1.[5]
  2. ^ Bob Crompton was manager of Blackburn from 1926 to 1931 and again from 1938 to 1941.[14]
  3. ^ Jack Bruton was manager of Blackburn from 1947 to 1949.[14]
  4. ^ Walter Crook set a club record for most consecutive League appearances, with 208 between 1934 and 1946.[22]
  5. ^ Eddie Quigley was manager of Blackburn from 1967 to 1970.[14]
  6. ^ Tony Parkes was caretaker manager of Blackburn on six separate occasions between 1986 and 2004.[28]
  7. ^ Derek Fazackerley holds the club record for most league appearances with 596.[22]
  8. ^ Simon Garner holds the club goalscoring record, with 168 in league competition.[22]
  9. ^ Simon Barker's 1988 sale to Queens Park Rangers set a then club record for fee received of £400,000.[29]
  10. ^ Henning Berg of Norway holds the record for most senior international caps as a Blackburn player.[22] He briefly managed the club in 2012.[14]
  11. ^ a b Blackburn's record fee paid for a player, of £8,000,000, is shared by Andy Cole, who signed from Manchester United in 2001, and Jordan Rhodes, who joined from Huddersfield Town in 2012.[71]

Player statistics include games played while on loan from clubs listed below. Unless individually sourced, loaning clubs come from the appearances source.

  1. ^ New Brighton Tower
  2. ^ Everton
  3. ^ Norwich City
  4. ^ Manchester United
  5. ^ Tottenham Hotspur
  6. ^ Olympique Marseille
  7. ^ Southampton
  8. ^ Sunderland
  9. ^ Newcastle United
  10. ^ Nottingham Forest

Sources[edit]

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  • Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2007). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007–08. Edinburgh: Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3.

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