List of Rochdale A.F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Rochdale A.F.C.. 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 in the 'Notes' column.

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

Players should be 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 should be for first-team competitive games and include substitute appearances, but exclude wartime matches.

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Name	Nationality	Position	Club career	League apps	League goals	Total apps	Total goals	Notes
Harry Moody	England	GK	1922–1928	161	0	170	0
David Parkes	England	DF	1922–1928	209	11	219	12
Jack Peart	England	FW	1923–1924	21	10	22	10	Manager of Rochdale 1923–1930
Billy Tompkinson	England	MF	1923–1928	162	45	168	45
Albert Whitehurst	England	FW	1923–1928	169	117	187	128	Most Rochdale goals in one season (1926-27) Leading league scorer (1926-27, 1927-28) Joint leading league scorer (1923-24)
Willie Brown	Scotland	DF	1923–1928	178	0	187	0
Bobby Hughes	England	MF	1924–1928	127	48	132	50
Alex Christie	Scotland	HB	1924–1928	137	5	143	6
Henry Martin	England	MF	1925–1931	93	18	100	21
Billy Bertram	England	FW	1925–1931	198	72	206	74
Jack Barber	England	FW	1927–1931	142	4	147	4
George Stott	England	MF	1928–1931	109	30	111	30
Walter Buckley	England	WH	1933–1936	108	2	112	2
Albert Worthy	England	DF	1934–1937	99	1	103	2
Joe Duff	England	FW	1935–1946	132	26	144	28
Ted Goodier	England	WH	1937–1939	67	1	71	2	Manager of Rochdale 1938–1952
Walter Birch	England	MF	1946–1953	243	10	257	12
Don Partridge	England	WH	1946–1956	103	2	113	2
Eric Wood	England	WH	1946–1951	148	15	160	16
Jackie Arthur	England	WN	1947–1954	170	25	182	27
Tony Whelan	England	FW	1974–1977	124	20	143	21	Joint leading league scorer (1974-75)
Jack Livesey	England	IF	1948–1951	113	36	119	37
Bill Watson	England	DF	1948–1954	200	0	207	0
Trevor Churchill	England	GK	1949–1953	110	0	111	0
Harry Boyle	Scotland	DF	1950–1951, 1952–1956	175	0	184	0
Alistair Buchan	Scotland	MF	1951–1954	107	2	110	2
Joe Lynn	England	MF	1951–1956	193	22	203	23
Arnold Kendall	England	MF	1953–1956	111	25	116	26
Jack Warner	Wales	WH	1952–1953	21	0	22	0	Player-manager of Rochdale 1952–1953
Jimmy Anders	England	WN	1953–1956	123	28	123	28
Frank Lord	England	FW	1953–1961	122	54	129	56	Leading league scorer (1956-57)
Danny Murphy	England	WH	1954–1956	109	0	114	0
Billy McCulloch	Scotland	MF	1954–1958	140	2	143	2
Bev Glover	England	DF	1954–1959	169	1	178	1
Brian Green	England	FW	1955–1959	46	8	47	8	Manager of Rochdale 1976–1977
Charlie Ferguson	Scotland	DF	1955–1959	150	4	156	4
Jimmy Jones	England	GK	1955–1960	177	0	186	0
Ray Aspden	England	DF	1955–1966	297	2	328	2
Jackie Grant	England	DF	1956–1958	102	3	104	3
Eddie Wainwright	England	FW	1956–1959	100	27	105	30	Leading league scorer (1958-59)
Stanley Milburn	England	DF	1958–1965	238	26	269	26	Leading league scorer (1959-60)
Tony Collins	England	WN	1959?—1960?	47	5	?	?	Manager of Rochdale 1960–1967
Ron Barnes	England	MF	1959–1961	91	7	101	10
Ronnie Cairns	England	FW	1959–1964	195	66	222	74	Leading league scorer (1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63)
Stan Hepton	England	FW	1960–1964	149	21	173	27
Joe Richardson	England	FW	1960–1965	115	31	129	38	Leading league scorer (1964-65)
Doug Wragg	England	MF	1961–1964	103	15	121	0
Doug Winton	Scotland	DF	1961–1964	119	0	141	0
Jimmy Thompson	England	MF	1961–1965	199	15	229	17
Ted Burgin	England	GK	1961–1965	207	0	236	0
George Morton	England	FW	1962–1966	147	51	161	55
David Storf	England	MF	1963–1967	138	19	149	22
Laurie Calloway	England	DF	1964–1967	162	4	175	5
Brian Taylor	England	MF	1964–1968	132	7	139	7
Reg Jenkins	England	FW	1964–1973	305	119	332	129	Record Rochdale goalscorer Leading league scorer (1964-65, 1966-67, 1969-70, 1970-71) Joint leading league scorer (1965-66, 1972-73)
Graham Smith	England	DF	1966–1974	317	3	345	4
Lyndon Simmonds	Wales	FW	1987–1988	65	22
Steve Melledew	England	FW	1967–1969, 1976–1978	175	36	190	38
Hughen Riley	England	MF	1967–1971	92	12	101	12
Billy Rudd	England	MF	1968–1970	108	8	113	8
Joe Ashworth	England	WH	1968–1971	132	3	148	4
Colin Parry	England	DF	1968–1972	156	1	169	1
Dennis Butler	England	WN	1968–1972?	157	36	170	39	Leading league scorer (1968-69)
Norman Whitehead	England	MF	1968–1972	156	11	173	13
Derek Ryder	England	DF	1968–1972	168	1	185	1
Bobby Downes	England	MF	1969–1974	174	10	192	12
Peter Gowans	Scotland	WN	1970–1973	144	21	155	22	Leading league scorer (1971-72)
Gary Cooper	England	FW	1973–1977	91	14	100	14
Keith Hanvey	England	DF	1973–1977, 1984–1985	136	10	157	11
Mike Poole	England	GK	1973–1978, 1981–1982	219	0	249	0
Paul Hallows	England	DF	1974–1979	197	2	223	2
Bob Mountford	England	FW	1975–1977	98	37	112	41	Leading league scorer (1975-1976, 1976-1977) Joint leading league scorer (1974-75)
Bill Summerscales	England	DF	1975–1977	87	4	100	4
Ian Bannon	England	DF	1976–1980	122	0	135	0
Nigel O'Loughlin	England	MF	1976–1982	245	17	269	19
Dave Esser	England	MF	1977–1982	180	24	199	27
Bobby Scaife	England	MF	1977–1980	98	9	106	11
Eric Snookes	England	DF	1978–1983	183	1	204	1
Brian Taylor	England	DF	1978–1983	154	10	167	10
Mark Hilditch	England	FW	1978–1983, 1990–1991	213	42	239	46
Alan Weir	England	DF	1979–1983	106	3	119	3
Eugene Martinez	England	MF	1980–1983	116	16	127	17
Barry Wellings	England	FW	1980–1983	116	31	129	33
Terry Dolan	England	MF	1981–1982	43	1	47	2	Manager of Rochdale 1989–1991
David Thompson	England	MF	1981–1986, 1994–1997	265	24	306	24
Bill Williams	England	DF	1982–1985	95	2	107	2
Jimmy Greenhoff	England	FW	1983–1984	16	0	17	0	Player-manager of Rochdale 1983–1984
Paul Heaton	England	MF	1984–1986	89	9	102	10
Ian McMahon	England	MF	1984–1986	91	8	104	8
Steve Taylor	England	FW	1984–1986, 1989	101	46	115	56
Shaun Reid	England	MF	1984–1988, 1992–1995	240	14	291	20
John Seasman	England	MF	1984–1988	95	4	114	5
David Redfern	England	GK	1985–1987	87	0	104	0
David Grant	England	DF	1985–1987	97	2	113	2
John Bramhall	England	DF	1986–1988	86	13	102	14
Jason Smart	England	DF	1986–1989	117	4	136	4
Keith Welch	England	GK	1987–1991	205	0	239	0
Dave Sutton	England	DF	1988–1989	28	2	34	2	Manager of Rochdale 1991–1994
Steve O'Shaughnessy	Wales	MF	1988–1991	109	16	130	21
David Cole	England	DF	1989–1991	84	7	100	7
Tony Brown	England	DF	1989–1993	114	0	?	?
Jimmy Graham	Scotland	DF	1989–1994	137	1	172	2
Peter Ward	England	MF	1989–1991	84	10	101	11
Steve Doyle	Wales	MF	1990–1994	121	1	141	1
Andy Milner	England	FW	1990–1994	127	25	152	33
Paul Butler	England	DF	1991–1996	158	10	188	10
Andy Flounders	England	FW	1991–1994	85	31	105	33
Alan Reeves	England	DF	1991–1994	121	9	134	8
Jon Bowden	England	MF	1991–1995	106	17	122	18
Steve Whitehall	England	FW	1991–1997	235	74	277	91
Andy Thackeray	England	DF	1992–1997	162	13	191	16
Mark Stuart	England	MF	1993–1999	202	41	231	45
Jason Peake	England	MF	1994–1996, 1998–2000	176	17	208	21
Alex Russell	England	MF	1994–1998	103	14	115	15
David Bayliss	England	DF	1995–2001, 2006	189	9	219	9
John Deary	England	MF	1995–1997	88	10	103	16
Robbie Painter	England	FW	1996–1999	112	29	128	30
Andy Farrell	England	MF	1996–1999	97	1	113	1
Keith Hill	England	DF	1996–2001	176	6	198	7	Manager of Rochdale 2006–2011, 2013-2019
Neil Edwards	Wales	GK	1997–2005	239	0	277	0
Gary Jones	England	MF	1998–2001, 2003–2012	403	62	459	67	Record Rochdale appearances
Mark Monington	England	DF	1998–2001	95	12	111	16
Wayne Evans	Wales	DF	1999–2005	259	3	297	4
David Flitcroft	England	DF	1999–2003, 2007-2011	161	4	190	4
Tony Ford	England	MF	1999–2002	89	6	104	7
Clive Platt	England	FW	1999–2003	169	30	194	37
Michael Oliver	England	DF	2000–2003	103	9	119	10
Kevin Townson	England	FW	2001-2004	102	25	102	25
Paul Connor	England	FW	2001–2004	94	29	108	32	Highest transfer fee paid (£150,000)
Matt Doughty	England	DF	2001–2004	108	1	126	2
Matt Gilks	Scotland	GK	2001–2007	176	0	197	0
Gareth Griffiths	Wales	DF	2001–2006	184	14	204	18
Lee McEvilly	Northern Ireland	FW	2001–2004, 2007–2008, 2008–2009	108	33	118	35
Paul Simpson	England	MF	2002–2003	42	15	50	17	Player-manager of Rochdale 2002–2003
Scott Warner	Northern Ireland	MF	2002-2006	73	2
Ernie Cooksey	England	MF	2004–2007	87	8	100	8
Alan Goodall	England	DF	2004–2007, 2010–2011	123	8	135	8
Rory McArdle	England	DF	2005–2010	148	5	166	6
Chris Dagnall	England	FW	2006–2010	156	54	176	60
Simon Ramsden	England	DF	2006–2009	112	6	124	6
Adam Rundle	England	FW	2006–2010	127	17	148	19
Nathan Stanton	England	DF	2006–2010	139	0	154	0
Joe Thompson	England	MF	2006–2012, 2013, 2016-2018	179	19	202	21
Tom Kennedy	England	DF	2007–2010, 2010–2011, 2014–2016	179	9	202	9
Marcus Holness	England	DF	2007–2008, 2008–2012	108	4	108	4
Adam Le Fondre	England	FW	2007–2009	98	38	112	42
Scott Wiseman	Gibraltar	DF	2008–2011, 2018	118	1	127	1
Jason Kennedy	England	MF	2009–2014	184	12	200	15
Josh Lillis	England	GK	2009–2019	228	0	264	0
Chris O'Grady	England	FW	2009–2010, 2010–2011	90	31	95	31
Craig Dawson	England	DF	2009–2010, 2010–2011	87	19	94	22
Brian Barry-Murphy	Republic of Ireland	MF	2010-2018	66	1	77	0	Manager of Rochdale 2019–2021
Matt Done	Wales	FW	2010–2011, 2013–2015, 2017–	213	23	258	31	As of October 2021
Andrew Tutte	England	MF	2010, 2011–2014	95	10	110	21
Rhys Bennett	England	DF	2012–2016	110	6	129	7
Joe Rafferty	Republic of Ireland	DF	2012–2019	214	3	257	5
Olly Lancashire	England	DF	2013–2016	93	2	108	3
Michael Rose	England	DF	2013–2016	118	8	132	9
Jamie Allen	England	MF	2013–2017	133	11	151	11
Peter Vincenti	England	MF	2013–2017	131	27	152	32
Ian Henderson	England	FW	2013–2020	297	112	343	126
Callum Camps	Northern Ireland	MF	2013–2020	201	25	240	30
Joe Bunney	England	DF	2013–2019	138	16	160	17
Matty Lund	Northern Ireland	MF	2013–2017, 2020–2021	128	26	141	29
Calvin Andrew	England	FW	2014–2020	190	24	231	28
Jimmy McNulty	England	DF	2015–	169	2	217	4	As of October 2021
Harrison McGahey	England	DF	2016–2019	99	0	127	0
Oliver Rathbone	England	MF	2016–2021	124	10	154	13
Aaron Morley	England	MF	2016–	87	7	113	9	As of October 2021
Stephen Dooley	Northern Ireland	MF	2018–	85	4	105	5	As of October 2021
Jimmy Keohane	Republic of Ireland	MF	2019–	92	11	112	11	As of October 2021

References[]

• Post-war Football League Player statistics
• Rochdale players: appearance and goals stats (for players with debuts between 1921–22 and 1946–47) at upthedale.nl
• Rochdale career Lge/FA Cup/Lge Cup stats for players at the club in 1970-71 - Bob's 1970–71 Footballers
• Rochdale manager stats at upthedale.nl
• Soccerbase stats (use Search for...on left menu and select 'Players' drop down)
• English National Football Archive
• Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
• Appearances, goals and club years stats at enfa.co.uk