List of Blackpool F.C. players explained

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

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
		MF	2009–2011	91	30
		MF	1971–1978	192	28
		DF	1967–1976	191	21
		MF	1901–1907	102	10
		DF	1954–1971	569	6
		DF	1911–1921	114	11
		MF	1962–1966 & 1980–1981	146	45
		FW	1979–1982 & 1990–1994	194	89
		GK	1995–1999	153	0
		DF	2008–2013	170	8
		DF	1982–1983 & 1998–2000	109	0
		DF	2006–2009	134	5
		GK	1997–2004	141	0
		MF/DF	1919–1925	168	53
		FW	1997–2001	104	5
		DF	1968–1977	296	10
		MF	1920–1931	353	24
		FW	1921–1925	169	112
		FW	1896–1906	215	44
		DF	1936–1939	121	0
		MF	1992–1998	178	14
		DF	1989–1995	137	4
		MF	1983–1986	106	15
		MF	1950–1956	157	68
		DF	1995–2000	184	4
		FW	1937–1948	100	35
		MF	2001–2005	153	4
		FW	2006–2010	126	23
		DF	1988–1993	101	1
		FW	1969–1974	179	53
		GK	1971–1975	134	0
		DF	1996–1999 & 2005–2006	133	1
		FW	2009–2011	66	30
		DF	1931–1937	132	6
		DF	2010–2011	11	0
		DF	2010–2014	112	3
		MF	1912–1924	228	30
		FW	1957–1967	363	193
		DF	2002, 2004–2006 & 2014–2015	139	16
		MF	1906–1912	141	0
		MF	1997–2002	171	35
		DF	1998–2011	263	10
		DF	1905–1914	281	30
		MF	1987–1990	101	8
		DF	2007–2013	214	4
		MF	1965–1971	163	24
		DF	1904–1913	209	0
		DF	1973–1977	102	0
		DF	1984–1995	310	16
		FW	2012–2013, 2013–2014, 2014–2015 & 2017–2020	215	33
		MF	1980–1989	285	18
		FW	1939–1946	15	13
		MF	2020–2024	129	8
		MF	1925–1931	152	32
		FW	1952–1964	301	84
		DF	1983–1987	108	19
		DF	2009–2013	104	2
		FW	1994–1997	147	55
		DF	2006–2013	230	9
		MF	1989–1993	147	38
		GK	1948–1960	461	1
		DF	1936–1948	148	15
		DF	1946–1959	195	20
		FW	1933–1947	173	85
		GK	1907–1914	217	0
		DF	1976–1982	152	1
		MF	1988–1992	160	37
		DF	1946–1961	308	3
		GK	2008–2014	182	0
		FW	2016–2018 & 2018–2020	118	32
		MF	1990–1996	148	22
		DF	1988–1995	200	0
		DF	2006–2008	51	7
		DF	1927–1935	220	0
		DF	1953–1964	400	0
		DF	2002–2005	126	6
		MF	1960–1967	135	9
		FW	1966–1971	123	13
		DF	1981–1986	183	9
		MF	1990–1992	107	21
		FW	1927–1938	361	248
		DF	1971–1978	146	2
		DF	1973–1978	143	15
		MF/DF	1969–1976	251	7
		DF	1937–1952	275	15
		GK	1977–1983	202	0
		DF	1982–1986	140	18
		DF	1994–1995, 1998–2003 & 2007–2008	167	16
		MF	2007–2008	87	13
		MF	1960–1966	118	17
		DF	1990–1996	187	22
		DF	1964–1967	28	0
		DF	1997–2003	160	4
		GK	1902–1906	116	0
		MF	1967–1973 & 1987–1988	171	10
		MF	2011–2014	100	31
		DF	1960–1975	399	22
		DF	1937–1955	398	11
		DF	1912–1920	113	0
		DF	1933–1939	165	6
		FW	1933–1938	153	38
		MF	2006–2009	100	6
		DF	1913–1922	101	3
		DF	1943–1960	428	8
		DF	1954–1961	200	9
		GK	2010–2011	20	0
		MF	1960–1967	160	13
		DF	1920–1926	106	4
		DF	1995–1998	100	5
		MF	1947–1961	391	17
		GK	2020–2023	101	0
		DF	1974–1982	213	24
		MF	1919–1925	132	2
		GK	1989–1993	101	0
		MF	1962–1970	259	15
		DF	1957–1964	187	1
		MF	1920–1925	216	21
		MF	1994–1997	124	14
		MF	1923–1928	190	27
		GK	1919–1924	155	0
		DF	1986–1990	175	11
		DF	1984–1986	115	1
		DF	1986–1990	144	10
		FW	1946–1955	317	197
		FW	1947–1961	324	144
		FW	1936–1950	136	17
		FW	1999–2006	229	83
		MF	1961–1968	121	26
		FW	1997–2001 & 2009–2012	212	65
		FW	2004–2008	141	34
		FW	1896–1910	365	55
		FW	1960–1965	128	27
		DF	1978–1983	201	7
		MF	1949–1962	394	119
		FW	1956–1962	101	16
		FW	1995–1998	129	35
		FW	1993–1998	151	36
		MF	1910–1920	152	16
		GK	2002–2011	118	0
		DF	1927–1932	105	2
		DF	2015–2018	121	4
		MF	1990–1994	137	19
		MF	1974–1979 & 1985–1986	131	12
		DF	1963–1971	105	12
		DF	1898–1909	309	15
		DF	1946–1957	283	5
		GK	1983–1989	117	0
		MF	1990–1993	112	15
		MF	2002–2012	321	25
		MF	2017–2020	104	0
		FW	1981–1987	201	56
		DF	1894–1903	154	14
		DF	1946–1949	103	0
		DF	1970–1980	331	10
		MF	1966–1976	310	65
		FW	1951–1958	217	53
		FW	1986–1992	121	43
		FW	1998 & 2002–2004	116	43
		FW	2007–2013	215	36
		DF	1961–1970	152	1
		DF	1924–1928	113	5
		DF	1900–1911	320	10
		DF	1925–1930	114	43
		DF	1914–1924	178	0
		DF	2017–2021	140	2
		MF	2008–2011	105	4
		GK	1959–1967	257	0
		GK	1934–1948	243	0
		FW	1973–1978	180	72
		DF	1984–1989	153	5
		MF	1934–1937	100	31
		MF	1923–1936	373	22
		FW	1993–1996	115	43
		DF	1932–1937	171	11
		MF	2000–2005	188	16
		MF	1975–1980	105	8
		DF	1934–1938	149	0
		GK	1971–1977 & 1989–1990	132	0
		DF	1948–1959	157	1
		FW	2020–2023	124	42

Notes

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

References

Specific

General

• Book: Calley, Roy . Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992 . Breedon Books Sport . 1992 . 1-873626-07-X.
  • Soccerbase

Notes and References

1. Book: Calley, Roy . Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992 . Breedon Books Sport . 1992 . 1-873626-07-X.