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. Players' nationalities are listed; those whose country has a link (in blue) were/are full internationals.

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 Nationality Club career Lge
apps
Lge
goals
Total
apps
Total
goals
Notes / References
Fred Hargreaves WH England England 1875-1883 0 0 ? ? Captained Blackburn in 1882 FA Cup final
Fergus Suter GK Scotland Scotland 1880–1889 1 0 ? ? Played in four FA Cup finals with Blackburn; one of the first professional footballers[1]
James Brown IF England England 1881–1889 4 0 ? ? Played in four FA Cup finals with Blackburn, and was captain in two finals (1885–6)
William Townley OL England England 1888–1894 77 27 ? ? Played for Blackburn in two FA Cup finals, scoring a hat-trick in 1890
Geordie Dewar CH Scotland Scotland 1889–1897 174 7 ? ?
Bob Crompton RB England England 1896–1920 530 14 ? ? Manager of Blackburn 1926-1931, 1938-1941
Bob Haworth FB England England 1898–1904 122 5 ? ?
Jack Dewhurst WH/CF England England 1899–1904 169 43 ? ?
Willie McIver GK England England 1901–1906 126 0 ? ?
Billy Bradshaw LH England England 1903–1919 386 36 ? ?
William Davies IF Wales Wales 1905–1913 132 66 ? ?
Jock Simpson OR England England 1911–1914 151 16 ? ?
Jack Roscamp RH/CF England England 1923–1931 223 37 ? ?
Syd Puddefoot CF England England 1925–1932 250 79 ? ?
Herbert Jones DF England England 1925–1934 247 0 ? ?
Jack Bruton OR England England 1929–1939 324 108 ? ? Manager of Blackburn 1947-1949
Walter Crook FB England England 1931–1947 236 2 ? ? Most consecutive League appearances by Blackburn player (208)[citation needed]
Ernie Thompson IF England England 1931–1936 171 82 ? ?
Eddie Crossan IF Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1947–1957 287 73 ? ?
Bill Eckersley FB England England 1947–1961 406 20 ? ?
Ronnie Clayton WH England England 1950–1969 581 15 ? ?
Eddie Quigley IF England England 1951–1956 159 92 ? ? Manager of Blackburn 1967-1970
Tommy Briggs ST England England 1952–1957 194 140 ? ?
Bryan Douglas RW England England 1952–1969 438 100 503 115
Keith Newton FB England England 1960–1969 306 9 ? ?
Billy Wilson LB England England 1964–1972 247 0 ? ?
Derek Fazackerley DF England England 1969–1987 596 23 671 ? Record Blackburn appearances
Tony Parkes MF England England 1970–1981 350 38 ? ? Caretaker manager of Blackburn on six different occasions between 1986 and 2004
John Butcher GK England England 1976–1982 104 0 ? ?
Glenn Keeley DF England England 1976–1987 370 23 ? ?
Noel Brotherston RW Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1977–1987 317 40 ? ?
Simon Garner ST England England 1978–1992 474 168 555 192 Record Blackburn goalscorer
Jim Branagan FB England England 1979–1987 294 5 ? ?
Howard Kendall MF England England 1979–1981 79 6 ? ? Player-manager of Blackburn 1979-1981
Jason Wilcox LW England England 1989–1999 269 31 ? ?
Alan Shearer ST England England 1992–1996 138 112 171 130 British record transfer fee when signed (£3.6m) and sold (£15m)
Tim Sherwood MF England England 1992–1999 246 25 298 31
Henning Berg DF Norway Norway 1993–1997, 2000-2003 251 7 297 7 Manager of Blackburn 2012
Tim Flowers GK England England 1993–1999 177 0 217 0
Brad Friedel GK United States USA 2000–2008 289 1 356 1
David Dunn MF England England 1997–2003, 2007–2015 275 45 331 54
Mark Hughes ST Wales Wales 2000–2002 50 6 64 7 Manager of Blackburn 2004-2008
Andrew Cole ST England England 2001–2004 83 27 100 37 Blackburn's joint record transfer fee paid (£8m)
Tugay Kerimoğlu MF Turkey Turkey 2001–2009 233 11 294 13
Lucas Neill DF Australia Australia 2001–2007 188 5 227 8
Brett Emerton MF Australia Australia 2003–2011 246 13 294 20
Steven Reid RB/MF Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 2003–2010 113 6 135 8
Morten Gamst Pedersen LW Norway Norway 2004–2013 282 35 342 47
Ryan Nelsen DF New Zealand New Zealand 2005–2012 172 8 209 8
Aaron Mokoena DF/MF South Africa South Africa 2005–2009 101 0 101 0
Benni McCarthy ST South Africa South Africa 2006–2010 109 37 140 52
Jason Roberts ST Grenada Grenada 2006–2011 134 24 156 28
Christopher Samba DF Republic of the Congo Congo 2007–2012 161 16 186 18
Roque Santa Cruz ST Paraguay Paraguay 2007–2009,

2011

66 23 80 29 Record transfer fee received by Blackburn (£17.5m)
Paul Robinson GK England England 2008–2015 189 0 201 0
Jason Lowe DF/MF England England 2010– 120 0 137 0
Jordan Rhodes FW Scotland Scotland 2012–2016 132 72 141 73

References

  1. ^ "Fergus Suter". Wikipedia. 15 December 2016.