List of Tranmere Rovers F.C. players (1921–1939)

For players that have made at least 100 appearances for the club, see List of Tranmere Rovers F.C. players. For players that represented the club after the Second World War, see List of post-war Tranmere Rovers F.C. players.

Black and white photograph of Tranmere Rovers squad
Tranmere in 1921, including Johnny Campbell, Jimmy Moreton and Tommy Stuart[1]

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

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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.

Black and white photograph of Jimmy Moreton
Jimmy Moreton joined in 1910, and went on to manage the team.[8]
Black and white photograph of Tommy Stuart
Tommy Stuart was Rovers' regular left back between 1921 and 1927.[9]
List of pre-war 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 –
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 Republic of Ireland Ireland (FAI)
Ireland 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 –

Notes

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  1. ^ Positions are listed according to the tactical formation that were employed until the 1960s.
  2. ^ All statistics sourced from Upton; Wilson; Bishop (2009)[10] which does not include FA Cup appearances prior to 1921.[7]
  3. ^ If a player received an international first-team cap, the country or countries he represented are shown.[11]
  4. ^ 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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Players of Tranmere Rovers FC.
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; 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
  1. ^ Bishop (1998). p. 18
  2. ^ a b "Club History". Tranmere Rovers F.C. Retrieved 10 September 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Upton; Wilson (1997). "A Short History of Tranmere Rovers". pp. 7–10. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ Felton, Paul; Spencer, Barry (14 June 2000). "England 1921–22". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  5. ^ Upton; Wilson; Bishop (2009). "Key Data". pp. 492–496. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ Felton, Paul. "Season 1992–93". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  7. ^ a b Upton; Wilson; Bishop (2009). "By Way of Explanation". pp. 545–546. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ Bishop (1990). "Moreton, Jimmy". p. 30. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ Bishop (1998). p. 20
  10. ^ Upton; Wilson; Bishop (2009). "Player Records". pp. 520–538. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ Upton; Wilson; Bishop (2009). "International Players up to 2008–09". pp. 470–471. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ Courtney, Barrie (21 March 2004). "England – International Results 1920–1929". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  13. ^ Byrne, Peter (1996). Football Association of Ireland: 75 years. Dublin: Sportsworld. p. 59. ISBN 1-900110-06-7.
  14. ^ Ryan, Sean (1997). The Boys in Green: the FAI international story. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 1-85158-939-2.
  15. ^ 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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