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 AlexandraatPrenton 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]
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] |
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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 | – |
Harry Bevan | FW | 1927–1928 | 3 | 2 | – |
Danny Birtles | FW | 1924–1925 | 11 | 0 | – |
William Bowen | 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 | – |
Jack Brown | FW | 1923–1925 | 51 | 13 | Ireland |
Samuel Brown | 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 | – |
Meynell Burgin | FW | 1934–1935 | 32 | 23 | – |
Wilf Burrows | GK | 1926–1931 | 49 | 0 | – |
Charles Butler | FW | 1936–1937 | 1 | 0 | – |
Johnny Campbell | HB | 1914–1929 | 204 | 11 | – |
Joseph Carter | FW | 1936–1937 | 6 | 1 | – |
Arthur Carvell | FB | 1932–1933 | 11 | 0 | – |
James Cassidy | FW | 1937–1939 | 55 | 10 | – |
Billy Chalmers | FW | 1925–1926 | 25 | 4 | – |
Billy Charlton | FW | 1925–1930 | 137 | 74 | – |
Frank Checkland | HB | 1923–1925 | 18 | 0 | – |
Ted Chiverton | HB | 1932–1935 | 7 | 0 | – |
Archie Clark | HB | 1935–1939 | 108 | 1 | – |
Bill Conner | FB | 1930–1931 | 2 | 0 | – |
Fred Cook | FW | 1921–1923 | 21 | 2 | – |
George Cook | FB | 1931–1932 | 21 | 2 | – |
Billy Crewe | HB | 1924–1925 | 21 | 0 | – |
Arthur Crompton | HB | 1935–1936 | 14 | 4 | – |
Reg Cropper | FW | 1929–1930 | 18 | 4 | – |
George Crowther | FW | 1922–1923 | 10 | 2 | – |
Vic Crutchley | 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] |
Frank Dawson | 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 | – |
William Edwards | 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 | – |
John Ford | FW | 1921–1922 | 15 | 4 | – |
Allen Forshaw | FB | 1921–1922 | 1 | 0 | – |
Arthur Forshaw | FW | 1932–1933 | 1 | 0 | – |
William Foster | FW | 1936–1937 | 1 | 0 | – |
Nathan Fraser | FW | 1938–1939 | 1 | 0 | – |
Winston Frost | GK | 1936–1937 | 1 | 0 | – |
David Fulton | FW | 1921–1922 | 8 | 3 | – |
Francis Gill | GK | 1922–1923 | 18 | 0 | – |
William Glasper | HB | 1933–1935 | 21 | 4 | – |
John Grainger | FB | 1921–1922 | 1 | 0 | – |
Albert Gray | GK | 1931–1936 | 213 | 0 | Wales |
Robert Gray | 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 | – |
Alf Hagan | FW | 1926–1927 | 12 | 0 | – |
Fred Halstead | HB | 1922–1925 | 89 | 2 | – |
Herbert Hamilton | FB | 1937–1939 | 54 | 1 | – |
Andrew Hawarden | HB | 1922–1924 | 21 | 0 | – |
Charlie Hayes | FB | 1921–1924 | 26 | 0 | – |
Fred Hayes | FW | 1922–1924 | 11 | 1 | – |
John Hayes | FW | 1922–1924 | 3 | 0 | – |
Ernie Henshaw | FW | 1931–1932 | 1 | 0 | – |
Tom Heslop | HB | 1921–1922 | 8 | 0 | – |
Bert Heywood | FW | 1934–1935 | 9 | 1 | – |
Reginald Hill | HB | 1932–1933 | 1 | 0 | – |
Harold Hilton | FW | 1921–1924 | 53 | 5 | – |
Samuel Hopkinson | HB | 1935–1936 | 11 | 0 | – |
Thomas Hughes | FW | 1921–1922 | 3 | 0 | – |
Robert Hunt | FW | 1933–1934 | 10 | 2 | – |
James Hyam | FW | 1921–1922 | 1 | 0 | – |
Archie Jackson | HB | 1928–1930 | 41 | 0 | – |
Bob Jackson | FW | 1924–1925 | 6 | 1 | – |
George Jackson | FB | 1923–1930 | 114 | 0 | – |
William Jackson | FB | 1936–1937 | 7 | 0 | – |
Bert Jeffes | HB | 1924–1925 | 16 | 0 | – |
John Johnson | HB | 1925–1926 | 2 | 0 | – |
Gwyn Jones | FB | 1938–1939 | 17 | 0 | – |
Ossie Jones | FW | 1936–1938 | 59 | 13 | – |
Robert Jones | FB | 1932–1933 | 2 | 0 | – |
Tommy Jones | FW | 1926–1929 | 92 | 28 | – |
Sidney Kearney | 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 | – |
John Kimberley | FW | 1922–1923 | 2 | 0 | – |
Herbert King (footballer) | FW | 1937–1938 | 16 | 5 | – |
Harry Kitching | FW | 1931–1932 | 5 | 0 | – |
Rex Leary | HB | 1922–1924 | 5 | 0 | – |
Alex Leslie | 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 |
Joseph Lewis | 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 | – |
Evan Lloyd | FW | 1921–1922 | 11 | 0 | – |
John Lomax | FW | 1922–1923 | 5 | 2 | – |
Willy MacDonald | FW | 1934–1935 | 89 | 20 | – |
William Mackay | FW | 1933–1934 | 7 | 1 | – |
Emlyn Maddocks | FW | 1936–1937 | 2 | 0 | – |
Cyril Maher | FW | 1936–1937 | 1 | 0 | – |
Bill Major | HB | 1934–1937 | 10 | 0 | – |
Fred Marquis | FW | 1925–1927 | 74 | 33 | – |
Vince Matthews | HB | 1925–1927 | 88 | 3 | – |
John Mayson | FW | 1937–1938 | 9 | 2 | – |
Joe McGrae | 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 | – |
Alforth Miller | FW | 1935–1937 | 30 | 1 | – |
William Miller | FW | 1938–1939 | 12 | 1 | – |
Charles Milnes | HB | 1921–1922 | 16 | 2 | – |
Frank Mitchell | GK | 1923–1925 | 63 | 0 | – |
Patrick Moore | 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 | – |
Tommy Naylor | FB | 1924–1931 | 85 | 2 | – |
Percy Newton | HB | 1934–1936 | 64 | 0 | – |
James Niven | FB | 1921–1922 | 17 | 0 | – |
John O'Connor | FW | 1927–1928 | 2 | 0 | – |
Alf Obrey | HB | 1938–1939 | 17 | 0 | – |
Arthur Owen | FB | 1936–1939 | 11 | 0 | – |
Billy Owen | FW | 1935–1936 | 6 | 4 | – |
Tich Pearson | MF | 1932–1934 | 33 | 1 | – |
James Pennington | FW | 1933–1934 | 2 | 1 | – |
Frank Perfect | FB | 1937–1939 | 16 | 0 | – |
Ernest Phillips | HB | 1922–1923 | 19 | 1 | – |
Dick Platt | FB | 1932–1937 | 189 | 0 | – |
Thomas Poskett | GK | 1935–1937 | 24 | 0 | – |
John Prentice | FW | 1921–1922 | 25 | 5 | – |
Norman Proctor | FW | 1925–1927 | 59 | 14 | – |
Billy Rainford | FW | 1921–1923 | 22 | 6 | – |
Archie Ratcliffe | FW | 1922–1923 | 2 | 0 | – |
Percy Richards | FW | 1928–1929 | 5 | 1 | – |
Bill Ridding | FW | 1928–1930, 1935–1936 | 20 | 13 | – |
John Ridgway | FB | 1928–1929 | 2 | 0 | – |
Ellis Rimmer | FW | 1924–1928 | 66 | 22 | – |
Billy Roberts | FW | 1925–1926 | 6 | 1 | – |
Gerald Roberts | FB | 1932–1933 | 2 | 0 | – |
James Roberts | FW | 1921–1922 | 34 | 1 | – |
William Robertson | FW | 1936–1937 | 1 | 0 | – |
Alfred Robinson | FW | 1921–1922 | 4 | 0 | – |
James Robinson | FW | 1922–1924 | 8 | 1 | – |
William Roper | GK | 1932–1935 | 3 | 0 | – |
Peter Rothwell | FW | 1923–1925 | 9 | 0 | – |
Reginald Rowles | 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 | – |
George Sewell | HB | 1922–1923 | 35 | 0 | – |
Bernard Sharkey | FW | 1922–1923 | 23 | 3 | – |
Alex Sharp | HB | 1930–1931 | 3 | 0 | – |
Bert Shears | HB | 1930–1931 | 29 | 0 | – |
Harold Sherlock | GK | 1936–1937 | 1 | 0 | – |
George Smith | FW | 1924–1926 | 37 | 0 | – |
Reg Smith | FW | 1938–1939 | 1 | 0 | – |
William Smith | FW | 1938–1939 | 1 | 0 | – |
James Spence | FB | 1930–1931 | 2 | 0 | – |
Reg Spencer | HB | 1931–1939 | 256 | 3 | – |
Teddy Spencer | FW | 1932–1934 | 17 | 4 | – |
Tom Stott | FW | 1921–1922 | 1 | 0 | – |
Tom Stuart | FB | 1921–1928 | 205 | 13 | – |
Arthur Sugden | FB | 1921–1923 | 4 | 0 | – |
Ernest Temple | GK | 1932–1933, 1936–1937 | 2 | 0 | – |
Percy Thirkell | FB | 1925–1930 | 184 | 0 | – |
Robert Thomas | FW | 1938–1939 | 9 | 1 | – |
William Thomas | HB | 1933–1934 | 7 | 0 | – |
Bob Thompson | FB | 1922–1923 | 36 | 5 | – |
Robert Thompson | FW | 1926–1927 | 1 | 0 | – |
Robert Tong | FW | 1932–1934 | 7 | 1 | – |
Harry Travis | FW | 1938–1939 | 14 | 3 | – |
Charles Tucker | GK | 1936–1937 | 1 | 0 | – |
Fred Urmson | FW | 1927–1936 | 333 | 107 | – |
Edgar Walkden | HB | 1937–1939 | 22 | 0 | – |
Pongo Waring | FW | 1927–1928, 1936–1939 | 105 | 67 | England |
Emerys Warren | FB | 1933–1935 | 9 | 0 | – |
Gillie Wassell | 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 | – |
Crawford Whyte | FB | 1936–1937 | 12 | 0 | – |
Leslie Wilde | GK | 1923–1924 | 1 | 0 | – |
Edward Winn | HB | 1921–1922 | 1 | 0 | – |
Albert Wood | FW | 1936–1937 | 39 | 11 | – |
Billy Woodward | FW | 1933–1936 | 110 | 44 | – |
Wilf Yates | FB | 1926–1929 | 97 | 0 | – |
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