List of Blackburn Rovers F.C. players

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This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Blackburn Rovers. The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more senior matches for the club. Other players who are deemed to have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason for their notability should be included (and sourced) in the 'Notes' column.

For a list of all Blackburn Rovers players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. players, and for the current squad see Blackburn Rovers F.C.#Current squad.

Explanation of list[]

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 and goals include substitute appearances, but exclude wartime matches. Further information on competitions and seasons which are regarded as eligible for appearance stats are provided below, and if a player's data is not available for any of these competitions, an appropriate note will be added to the table.

League appearances[]

League appearances and goals includes data for the following league spells, but does not include test or play-off matches:

Total appearances[]

The figures for total appearances and goals includes the league figures together with the following competitions:

Table[]

Statistics are up to date as of 8 March 2013.

Name Position Club career League
apps		 League
goals		 Total
apps		 Total
goals		 Notes / references
Tony Grunshaw DF 1974-1976 1 O 1 0
Darren Donnelly FW 1990–1993 2 2 ? ?
Fred Hargreaves DF 18??-188? 0 0 ? ? Captained Blackburn in 1882 FA Cup final
Fergus Suter GK 1880–1889 1 0 ? ? Played in four FA Cup finals with Blackburn
James Brown IF 1881?–1889? 4 0 ? ? Played in four FA Cup finals with Blackburn, and was captain in two finals (1885–6)
William Townley FW 1888?–1892? 77 27 ? ? Played for Blackburn in two FA Cup finals, scoring a hat-trick in 1890
Geordie Dewar DF 1889–1897 174 7 ? ?
Bob Crompton DF 1896–1920 530 14 ? ? Manager of Blackburn 1926–1931, 1938–1941
Robert Haworth DF 1898?–1904? 122 5 ? ?
Willie McIver GK 1901–1906 126 0 ? ?
Billy Bradshaw MF 1903–1919 386 36 ? ?
William Davies FW 1905–1913 132 66 ? ? Also known as "Tinker" Davies[citation needed]
Jock Simpson FW 1910–1914 151 16 ? ?
Willie Cameron FW 1908–1913 69 18 81 19 Member of 1911–12 title-winning team[1]
Jack Roscamp WH/FW 1923–1931 223 37 ? ?
Syd Puddefoot FW 1924?–1932? 250 79 ? ?
Jock Hutton DF 1926–1933 ? ? 146 5
Herbert Jones DF 1925–1934 247 0 ? ?
Jack Bruton OR 1929?–1939? 324 108 ? ? Manager of Blackburn 1947–1949
Walter Crook DF 1931–1947 236 2 ? ? Most consecutive League appearances (208, 1934–46)[2]
Ernie Thompson FW 1931?–1936? 171 82 ? ?
Eddie Crossan IF 1947?–1957? 287 73 ? ? [3]
Bill Eckersley DF 1947–1961 406 20 ? ?
Ronnie Clayton WH 1950–1969 581 15 ? ?
Eddie Quigley FW 1951–1956 159 92 ? ? Manager of Blackburn 1967–1970
Tommy Briggs FW 1952–1957 194 140 ? ?
Bryan Douglas FW 1952–1969 438 100 ? ?
Keith Newton DF 1960–1969 306 9 ? ?
Billy Wilson DF 1964–1972 247 0 ? ?
Derek Fazackerley DF 1969–1987 596 23 ? ? Record Blackburn League appearances[2]
Tony Parkes MF 1970?–1981 350 38 ? ? Caretaker manager of Blackburn on six different occasions between 1986 and 2004
John Butcher GK 1976–1982 104 0 ? ?
Glenn Keeley DF 1976?–1987? 370 23 ? ?
Noel Brotherston WN 1977?–1987? 317 40 ? ?
Simon Garner FW 1978–1992 484 168 555 192 Record Blackburn goalscorer[2]
Jim Branagan DF 1979?–1987? 294 5 ? ?
Howard Kendall MF 1979–1981 79 6 ? ? Player-manager of Blackburn 1979–1981
Simon Barker MF 1983–1988 182 35 ? ? Club record transfer fee received in 1988 £400,000
Jason Wilcox MF 1989–1999 269 31 ? ?
Alan Shearer FW 1992–1996 138 112 171 130
Tim Sherwood MF 1992–1999 246 25 298 31
Henning Berg DF 1993–1997, 2000–2003 251 7 297 7 Manager of Blackburn 2012; most capped player with club[2]
Tim Flowers GK 1993–1999 177 0 217 0
Brad Friedel GK 2000–2008 289 1 356 1
David Dunn MF 1997–2003, 2007–2015 275 45 331 54
Mark Hughes FW 2000–2002 50 6 64 7 Manager of Blackburn 2004–2008
Andrew Cole FW 2001–2004 83 27 100 37 Blackburn's joint record transfer fee paid (£8M)
Tugay Kerimoğlu MF 2001–2009 233 11 294 13
Lucas Neill DF 2001–2007 188 5 227 8
Brett Emerton MF 2003–2011 246 13 294 20
Steven Reid MF 2003–2010 113 6 135 8
Morten Gamst Pedersen MF 2004–2013 282 35 342 47
Ryan Nelsen DF 2005–2012 172 8 209 8
Aaron Mokoena DF 2005–2009 ? ? 101 0
Benni McCarthy FW 2006–2010 109 37 140 52
Jason Roberts FW 2006–2011 134 24 156 28
Christopher Samba DF 2007–2012 161 16 186 18
Roque Santa Cruz FW 2007–2009, 2011 66 23 80 29 Record transfer fee received by Blackburn (£17.5M)
Paul Robinson GK 2008–2015 189 0 201 0
Jason Lowe MF 2010– 120 0 137 0
Jordan Rhodes FW 2012–2016 132 72 141 73

References[]

  1. ^ Player Archive | William Smith "Kilty" Cameron, BRFCS.com
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Records". Blackburn Rovers F.C. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  3. ^ http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/eddiecrossan.html[bare URL]

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