List of Tranmere Rovers F.C. players (1921–1939)
Tranmere Rovers Football Club is an English association football club based in Birkenhead, Wirral. Founded in 1884, they played their first games under the name Belmont F.C.; in 1885, before the start of their second season, they adopted the name Tranmere Rovers.[2] In 1889, Tranmere entered the West Lancashire League, and progressed through the Combination, the Lancashire Combination and the Central League.[3] On 27 August 1921, as founder members of Division Three North,[4] they won their first Football League match 4–1 against Crewe Alexandra at Prenton Park.[2] Tranmere have played in the Football League ever since, with the exception of 1939–1946, when competitive football was suspended due to the Second World War. Their highest league finish was fourth in the First Division which, at the time, was the second tier of the league pyramid, in the 1992–93 season.[5][6]
Players[]
This list contains players who have appeared in nationally organised first-team competition for Tranmere from 1921 until the Second World War. It includes first-team appearances and goals in the Football League, the FA Cup and the Third Division North Cup. Appearances and goals in other competitions or non-competitive matches are not included. Statistics from the three games in the 1939–40 Football League season abandoned because of the Second World War have been expunged from the records and are not included.[7] Players that also represented the club after the war are instead at List of post-war Tranmere Rovers F.C. players.
Name | Position[note 1] | Years | Appearances[note 2] | GK oals | International[note 3] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edward Adams | FW | 1929–1933 | 7 | 1 | – |
Edward Alcock | FW | 1935–1936 | 5 | 1 | – |
John Almond | FW | 1936–1937 | 23 | 5 | – |
Charlie Amery | FB | 1935–1938 | 49 | 0 | – |
Horace Baker | FW | 1934–1936 | 25 | 12 | – |
Edmund Baldwin | FW | 1921–1922 | 1 | 0 | – |
Jack Bamber | HB | 1927–1930 | 89 | 2 | England[12] |
Teddy Barton | HB | 1925–1935 | 257 | 5 | – |
Fred Bedford | FW | 1927–1928 | 3 | 2 | – |
Bunny Bell | FW | 1930–1936 | 127 | 113 | – |
Sammy Beswick | FW | 1922–1929 | 73 | 33 | – |
FW | 1927–1928 | 3 | 2 | – | |
FW | 1924–1925 | 11 | 0 | – | |
FW | 1929–1930 | 3 | 0 | – | |
George Bradshaw | FB | 1935–1936 | 5 | 0 | – |
Harry Bradshaw | GK | 1921–1923 | 61 | 0 | – |
Arthur Briggs | GK | 1924–1932 | 246 | 0 | – |
FW | 1923–1925 | 51 | 13 | Ireland | |
FW | 1933–1935 | 13 | 2 | – | |
Tom Buchan | HB | 1923–1924 | 39 | 0 | – |
Ted Buckley | FW | 1937–1939 | 38 | 14 | – |
Denis Bullough | FW | 1921–1922 | 11 | 7 | – |
FW | 1934–1935 | 32 | 23 | – | |
Wilf Burrows | GK | 1926–1931 | 49 | 0 | – |
FW | 1936–1937 | 1 | 0 | – | |
Johnny Campbell | HB | 1914–1929 | 204 | 11 | – |
Joseph Carter | FW | 1936–1937 | 6 | 1 | – |
FB | 1932–1933 | 11 | 0 | – | |
FW | 1937–1939 | 55 | 10 | – | |
Billy Chalmers | FW | 1925–1926 | 25 | 4 | – |
Billy Charlton | FW | 1925–1930 | 137 | 74 | – |
HB | 1923–1925 | 18 | 0 | – | |
HB | 1932–1935 | 7 | 0 | – | |
Archie Clark | HB | 1935–1939 | 108 | 1 | – |
FB | 1930–1931 | 2 | 0 | – | |
Fred Cook | FW | 1921–1923 | 21 | 2 | – |
George Cook | FB | 1931–1932 | 21 | 2 | – |
HB | 1924–1925 | 21 | 0 | – | |
Arthur Crompton | HB | 1935–1936 | 14 | 4 | – |
Reg Cropper | FW | 1929–1930 | 18 | 4 | – |
FW | 1922–1923 | 10 | 2 | – | |
FB | 1930–1931 | 1 | 0 | – | |
Charlie Cunningham | FW | 1921–1922 | 34 | 6 | – |
Jack Curnow | GK | 1937–1939 | 59 | 0 | – |
Charlie Curtis | HB | 1935–1936 | 28 | 0 | – |
Dickie Dale | HB | 1931–1932 | 10 | 0 | – |
Ernie Davies | HB | 1936–1938 | 48 | 1 | – |
Samuel Davis | FB | 1925–1926 | 5 | 0 | – |
Thomas Davis | FW | 1937–1938 | 11 | 7 | Ireland (FAI) Ireland (IFA)[note 4] |
FB | 1933–1936 | 83 | 0 | – | |
Alf Day | HB | 1938–1939 | 33 | 0 | – |
Dixie Dean | FW | 1923–1925 | 33 | 27 | – |
Ronnie Dellow | FW | 1935–1939 | 110 | 31 | – |
Ernie Dixon | FW | 1930–1933 | 92 | 59 | – |
Stanley Docking | FW | 1938–1939 | 31 | 7 | – |
Ernie Dodd | FB | 1933–1937 | 16 | 0 | – |
Stan Duff | FW | 1937–1938 | 10 | 3 | – |
Billy Eden | FW | 1934–1939 | 146 | 31 | – |
HB | 1936–1937 | 1 | 0 | – | |
Herbie Evans | HB | 1926–1928 | 46 | 0 | – |
Jabez Evans | FW | 1922–1925 | 48 | 5 | – |
Peter Fairclough | HB | 1921–1922 | 8 | 0 | – |
Dick Fairhurst | FB | 1935–1937 | 37 | 0 | – |
Bert Fishwick | FW | 1930–1934 | 93 | 9 | – |
Jack Flanagan | FW | 1926–1929 | 67 | 43 | – |
George Flowers | HB | 1937–1939 | 45 | 1 | – |
Billy Fogg | FW | 1924–1926 | 22 | 6 | – |
FW | 1921–1922 | 15 | 4 | – | |
FB | 1921–1922 | 1 | 0 | – | |
FW | 1932–1933 | 1 | 0 | – | |
William Foster | FW | 1936–1937 | 1 | 0 | – |
FW | 1938–1939 | 1 | 0 | – | |
GK | 1936–1937 | 1 | 0 | – | |
FW | 1921–1922 | 8 | 3 | – | |
GK | 1922–1923 | 18 | 0 | – | |
HB | 1933–1935 | 21 | 4 | – | |
FB | 1921–1922 | 1 | 0 | – | |
Albert Gray | GK | 1931–1936 | 213 | 0 | Wales |
HB | 1927–1929 | 4 | 1 | – | |
Joe Griffiths | FW | 1924–1925 | 8 | 0 | – |
John Griffiths | FW | 1936–1939 | 18 | 1 | – |
Fred Groves | FW | 1921–1922 | 12 | 7 | – |
FW | 1926–1927 | 12 | 0 | – | |
HB | 1922–1925 | 89 | 2 | – | |
FB | 1937–1939 | 54 | 1 | – | |
HB | 1922–1924 | 21 | 0 | – | |
FB | 1921–1924 | 26 | 0 | – | |
FW | 1922–1924 | 11 | 1 | – | |
FW | 1922–1924 | 3 | 0 | – | |
FW | 1931–1932 | 1 | 0 | – | |
Tom Heslop | HB | 1921–1922 | 8 | 0 | – |
FW | 1934–1935 | 9 | 1 | – | |
HB | 1932–1933 | 1 | 0 | – | |
FW | 1921–1924 | 53 | 5 | – | |
Samuel Hopkinson | HB | 1935–1936 | 11 | 0 | – |
FW | 1921–1922 | 3 | 0 | – | |
FW | 1933–1934 | 10 | 2 | – | |
FW | 1921–1922 | 1 | 0 | – | |
Archie Jackson | HB | 1928–1930 | 41 | 0 | – |
FW | 1924–1925 | 6 | 1 | – | |
George Jackson | FB | 1923–1930 | 114 | 0 | – |
FB | 1936–1937 | 7 | 0 | – | |
HB | 1924–1925 | 16 | 0 | – | |
HB | 1925–1926 | 2 | 0 | – | |
Gwyn Jones | FB | 1938–1939 | 17 | 0 | – |
Ossie Jones | FW | 1936–1938 | 59 | 13 | – |
FB | 1932–1933 | 2 | 0 | – | |
Tommy Jones | FW | 1926–1929 | 92 | 28 | – |
FW | 1937–1939 | 9 | 2 | – | |
Jack Kearns | FB | 1938–1939 | 22 | 1 | – |
Charles Kelly | FW | 1927–1928 | 1 | 0 | – |
Andy Kennedy | FB | 1930–1931 | 38 | 0 | – |
Jack Kennedy | FW | 1930–1932 | 67 | 45 | – |
FW | 1922–1923 | 2 | 0 | – | |
FW | 1937–1938 | 16 | 5 | – | |
Harry Kitching | FW | 1931–1932 | 5 | 0 | – |
HB | 1922–1924 | 5 | 0 | – | |
HB | 1925–1926 | 14 | 0 | – | |
George Lewins | FB | 1930–1932 | 34 | 0 | – |
Cyril Lewis | FW | 1932–1933 | 8 | 0 | – |
Ginger Lewis | HB | 1925–1934 | 288 | 10 | Wales |
FB | 1923–1925 | 11 | 0 | – | |
Norman Lewis | GK | 1936–1939 | 61 | 0 | – |
Harry Littlehales | FW | 1923–1932 | 173 | 52 | – |
Duggie Livingstone | FB | 1930–1933 | 95 | 0 | – |
FW | 1921–1922 | 11 | 0 | – | |
FW | 1922–1923 | 5 | 2 | – | |
FW | 1934–1935 | 89 | 20 | – | |
FW | 1933–1934 | 7 | 1 | – | |
FW | 1936–1937 | 2 | 0 | – | |
FW | 1936–1937 | 1 | 0 | – | |
HB | 1934–1937 | 10 | 0 | – | |
FW | 1925–1927 | 74 | 33 | – | |
Vince Matthews | HB | 1925–1927 | 88 | 3 | – |
FW | 1937–1938 | 9 | 2 | – | |
HB | 1925–1926 | 8 | 0 | – | |
Hugh McLaren | HB | 1935–1937 | 49 | 4 | – |
Tom McMurray | FW | 1932–1933 | 29 | 4 | – |
Bob Meacock | HB | 1933–1935 | 62 | 4 | – |
Joe Mercer | HB | 1921–1922 | 18 | 1 | – |
Sammy Meston | FW | 1929–1932 | 115 | 31 | – |
FW | 1935–1937 | 30 | 1 | – | |
William Miller | FW | 1938–1939 | 12 | 1 | – |
HB | 1921–1922 | 16 | 2 | – | |
GK | 1923–1925 | 63 | 0 | – | |
HB | 1930–1931 | 4 | 0 | – | |
George Moorhouse | HB | 1921–1922 | 2 | 0 | United States |
Jimmy Moreton | FW | 1910–1926 | 159 | 12 | – |
Bill Murphy | FW | 1930–1931 | 3 | 0 | – |
FB | 1924–1931 | 85 | 2 | – | |
Percy Newton | HB | 1934 –1936 | 64 | 0 | – |
FB | 1921–1922 | 17 | 0 | – | |
FW | 1927–1928 | 2 | 0 | – | |
HB | 1938–1939 | 17 | 0 | – | |
FB | 1936–1939 | 11 | 0 | – | |
Billy Owen | FW | 1935–1936 | 6 | 4 | – |
MF | 1932–1934 | 33 | 1 | – | |
FW | 1933–1934 | 2 | 1 | – | |
Frank Perfect | FB | 1937–1939 | 16 | 0 | – |
HB | 1922–1923 | 19 | 1 | – | |
Dick Platt | FB | 1932–1937 | 189 | 0 | – |
GK | 1935–1937 | 24 | 0 | – | |
John Prentice | FW | 1921–1922 | 25 | 5 | – |
Norman Proctor | FW | 1925–1927 | 59 | 14 | – |
FW | 1921–1923 | 22 | 6 | – | |
Archie Ratcliffe | FW | 1922–1923 | 2 | 0 | – |
FW | 1928–1929 | 5 | 1 | – | |
Bill Ridding | FW | 1928–1930, 1935–1936 | 20 | 13 | – |
FB | 1928–1929 | 2 | 0 | – | |
Ellis Rimmer | FW | 1924–1928 | 66 | 22 | – |
FW | 1925–1926 | 6 | 1 | – | |
Gerald Roberts | FB | 1932–1933 | 2 | 0 | – |
James Roberts | FW | 1921–1922 | 34 | 1 | – |
FW | 1936–1937 | 1 | 0 | – | |
FW | 1921–1922 | 4 | 0 | – | |
James Robinson | FW | 1922–1924 | 8 | 1 | – |
GK | 1932–1935 | 3 | 0 | – | |
FW | 1923–1925 | 9 | 0 | – | |
FB | 1931–1932 | 2 | 0 | – | |
Jack Roy | FW | 1938–1939 | 21 | 2 | – |
Edward Rutter | HB | 1924–1925 | 15 | 0 | – |
Stan Sayer | FW | 1922–1925 | 87 | 33 | – |
HB | 1922–1923 | 35 | 0 | – | |
FW | 1922–1923 | 23 | 3 | – | |
Alex Sharp | HB | 1930–1931 | 3 | 0 | – |
Bert Shears | HB | 1930–1931 | 29 | 0 | – |
GK | 1936–1937 | 1 | 0 | – | |
George Smith | FW | 1924��1926 | 37 | 0 | – |
Reg Smith | FW | 1938–1939 | 1 | 0 | – |
FW | 1938–1939 | 1 | 0 | – | |
FB | 1930–1931 | 2 | 0 | – | |
Reg Spencer | HB | 1931–1939 | 256 | 3 | – |
FW | 1932–1934 | 17 | 4 | – | |
FW | 1921–1922 | 1 | 0 | – | |
Tom Stuart | FB | 1921–1928 | 205 | 13 | – |
FB | 1921–1923 | 4 | 0 | – | |
GK | 1932–1933, 1936–1937 | 2 | 0 | – | |
Percy Thirkell | FB | 1925–1930 | 184 | 0 | – |
FW | 1938–1939 | 9 | 1 | – | |
HB | 1933–1934 | 7 | 0 | – | |
Bob Thompson | FB | 1922–1923 | 36 | 5 | – |
Robert Thompson | FW | 1926–1927 | 1 | 0 | – |
FW | 1932–1934 | 7 | 1 | – | |
Harry Travis | FW | 1938–1939 | 14 | 3 | – |
GK | 1936–1937 | 1 | 0 | – | |
Fred Urmson | FW | 1927–1936 | 333 | 107 | – |
HB | 1937–1939 | 22 | 0 | – | |
Pongo Waring | FW | 1927–1928, 1936–1939 | 105 | 67 | England |
FB | 1933–1935 | 9 | 0 | – | |
FB | 1937–1939 | 65 | 2 | – | |
Archie Waterston | FW | 1929–1930 | 32 | 19 | – |
Jack Watson | HB | 1933–1936 | 5 | 1 | – |
Farewell Watts | FW | 1929–1934 | 128 | 60 | – |
Bob White | FW | 1925–1927 | 47 | 16 | – |
Bert Whitehurst | FW | 1931–1934 | 90 | 35 | – |
FB | 1936–1937 | 12 | 0 | – | |
GK | 1923–1924 | 1 | 0 | – | |
HB | 1921–1922 | 1 | 0 | – | |
Albert Wood | FW | 1936–1937 | 39 | 11 | – |
Billy Woodward | FW | 1933–1936 | 110 | 44 | – |
FB | 1926–1929 | 97 | 0 | – |
Notes[]
- ^ Positions are listed according to the tactical formation that were employed until the 1960s.
- ^ All statistics sourced from Upton; Wilson; Bishop (2009)[10] which does not include FA Cup appearances prior to 1921.[7]
- ^ If a player received an international first-team cap, the country or countries he represented are shown.[11]
- ^ Between 1926 and 1950, two competing teams represented the island of Ireland – the FAI and the IFA.[13][14] Davis was a dual international who played for both teams.[15]
References[]
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- General
- Bishop, Peter (1990). The A–Z of Tranmere Rovers. Ellesmere Port: Chester IV Graphics. ASIN B0011SRSOG.
- Bishop, Peter (1 November 1998). Tranmere Rovers Football Club. Images of England. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 978-0-7524-1505-5.
- Upton, Gilbert (December 1991). Tranmere Rovers, 1881–1921: A New History. ISBN 978-0-9518648-0-7.
- Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record. ISBN 978-0-9518648-2-1.
- Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve; Bishop, Peter (24 July 2009). Tranmere Rovers: The Complete Record. Breedon. ISBN 978-1-85983-711-5.
- Specific
- ^ Bishop (1998). p. 18
- ^ a b "Club History". Tranmere Rovers F.C. Retrieved 10 September 2012.[permanent dead link]
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Upton; Wilson (1997). "A Short History of Tranmere Rovers". pp. 7–10.
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Upton; Wilson; Bishop (2009). "Key Data". pp. 492–496.
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Bishop (1990). "Moreton, Jimmy". p. 30.
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Upton; Wilson; Bishop (2009). "Player Records". pp. 520–538.
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Upton; Wilson; Bishop (2009). "International Players up to 2008–09". pp. 470–471.
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- ^ Byrne, Peter (1996). Football Association of Ireland: 75 years. Dublin: Sportsworld. p. 59. ISBN 1-900110-06-7.
- ^ Ryan, Sean (1997). The Boys in Green: the FAI international story. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 1-85158-939-2.
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto (15 July 2011). "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
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