# List of Blackpool F.C. players

The following is a list of notable footballers who have played for Blackpool Football Club. Generally, this refers to players who have played 100 or more Football League matches for the club. Those listed who do not meet this criterion are considered to have made significant contributions to the club's history.

## List

Players are listed alphabetically, but each column is sortable. Appearances and goals apply to league matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included. Names in bold denote current players.
| Name | Nationality | Position | Blackpool career | Appearances | Goals |
| Charlie Adam | Scotland | MF | 2009–2011 | 91 | 30 |
| Alan Ainscow | England | MF | 1971–1978 | 192 | 28 |
| Terry Alcock | England | DF | 1967–1976 | 191 | 21 |
| William Anderton | England | MF | 1901–1907 | 102 | 10 |
| Jimmy Armfield | England | DF | 1954–1971 | 569 | 6 |
| Joe Bainbridge | England | DF | 1911–1921 | 114 | 11 |
| Alan Ball | England | MF | 1962–1966 & 1980–1981 | 146 | 45 |
| Dave Bamber | England | FW | 1979–1982 & 1990–1994 | 194 | 89 |
| Steve Banks | England | GK | 1995–1999 | 153 | 0 |
| Alex Baptiste | England | DF | 2008–2013 | 170 | 8 |
| David Bardsley | England | DF | 1982–1983 & 1998–2000 | 109 | 0 |
| Shaun Barker | England | DF | 2006–2009 | 134 | 5 |
| Phil Barnes | England | GK | 1997–2004 | 141 | 0 |
| Matt Barrass | England | MF/DF | 1919–1925 | 168 | 53 |
| Junior Bent | England | FW | 1997–2001 | 104 | 5 |
| Bill Bentley | England | DF | 1968–1977 | 296 | 10 |
| Billy Benton | England | MF | 1920–1931 | 353 | 24 |
| Harry Bedford | England | FW | 1921–1925 | 169 | 112 |
| Bob Birkett | England | FW | 1896–1906 | 215 | 44 |
| Danny Blair | Scotland | DF | 1936–1939 | 121 | 0 |
| Mark Bonner | England | MF | 1992–1998 | 178 | 14 |
| Gary Briggs | England | DF | 1989–1995 | 137 | 4 |
| Ian Britton | Scotland | MF | 1983–1986 | 106 | 15 |
| Allan Brown | Scotland | MF | 1950–1956 | 157 | 68 |
| Marvin Bryan | England | DF | 1995–2000 | 184 | 4 |
| Willie Buchan | Scotland | FW | 1937–1948 | 100 | 35 |
| Martin Bullock | England | MF | 2001–2005 | 153 | 4 |
| Ben Burgess | Republic of Ireland | FW | 2006–2010 | 126 | 23 |
| Dave Burgess | England | DF | 1988–1993 | 101 | 1 |
| Micky Burns | England | FW | 1969–1974 | 179 | 53 |
| John Burridge | England | GK | 1971–1975 | 134 | 0 |
| Tony Butler | England | DF | 1996–1999 & 2005–2006 | 133 | 1 |
| DJ Campbell | England | FW | 2009–2011 | 66 | 30 |
| Louis Cardwell | England | DF | 1931–1937 | 132 | 6 |
| David Carney | Australia | DF | 2010–2011 | 11 | 0 |
| Craig Cathcart | Northern Ireland | DF | 2010–2014 | 112 | 3 |
| John Charles | England | MF | 1912–1924 | 228 | 30 |
| Ray Charnley | England | FW | 1957–1967 | 363 | 193 |
| Peter Clarke | England | DF | 2002, 2004–2006 & 2014–2015 | 139 | 16 |
| T. Clarke | England | MF | 1906–1912 | 141 | 0 |
| Phil Clarkson | England | MF | 1997–2002 | 171 | 35 |
| Danny Coid | England | DF | 1998–2011 | 263 | 10 |
| Jimmy Connor | England | DF | 1905–1914 | 281 | 30 |
| Russell Coughlin | Wales | MF | 1987–1990 | 101 | 8 |
| Stephen Crainey | Scotland | DF | 2007–2013 | 214 | 4 |
| John Craven | England | MF | 1965–1971 | 163 | 24 |
| Bob Crewdson | England | DF | 1904–1913 | 209 | 0 |
| John Curtis | England | DF | 1973–1977 | 102 | 0 |
| Mike Davies | England | DF | 1984–1995 | 310 | 16 |
| Nathan Delfouneso | England | FW | 2012–2013, 2013–2014, 2014–2015 & 2017–2020 | 215 | 33 |
| John Deary | England | MF | 1980–1989 | 285 | 18 |
| Jock Dodds | Scotland | FW | 1939–1946 | 15 | 13 |
| Kenny Dougall | Australia | MF | 2020–2024 | 129 | 8 |
| Percy Downes | England | MF | 1925–1931 | 152 | 32 |
| Dave Durie | England | FW | 1952–1964 | 301 | 84 |
| Alex Dyer | England | DF | 1983–1987 | 108 | 19 |
| Neal Eardley | Wales | DF | 2009–2013 | 104 | 2 |
| Tony Ellis | England | FW | 1994–1997 | 147 | 55 |
| Ian Evatt | England | DF | 2006–2013 | 230 | 9 |
| David Eyres | England | MF | 1989–1993 | 147 | 38 |
| George Farm | Scotland | GK | 1948–1960 | 461 | 1 |
| George Farrow | England | DF | 1936–1948 | 148 | 15 |
| Ewan Fenton | Scotland | DF | 1946–1959 | 195 | 20 |
| Bobby Finan | Scotland | FW | 1933–1947 | 173 | 85 |
| William Fiske | England | GK | 1907–1914 | 217 | 0 |
| Paul Gardner | England | DF | 1976–1982 | 152 | 1 |
| Andy Garner | England | MF | 1988–1992 | 160 | 37 |
| Tommy Garrett | England | DF | 1946–1961 | 308 | 3 |
| Matt Gilks | Scotland | GK | 2008–2014 | 182 | 0 |
| Armand Gnanduillet | France | FW | 2016–2018 & 2018–2020 | 118 | 32 |
| Andy Gouck | England | MF | 1990–1996 | 148 | 22 |
| Ian Gore | England | DF | 1988–1995 | 200 | 0 |
| Kaspars Gorkšs | Latvia | DF | 2006–2008 | 51 | 7 |
| William Grant | Scotland | DF | 1927–1935 | 220 | 0 |
| Roy Gratrix | England | DF | 1953–1964 | 400 | 0 |
| Simon Grayson | England | DF | 2002–2005 | 126 | 6 |
| John Green | England | MF | 1960–1967 | 135 | 9 |
| Tony Green | Scotland | FW | 1966–1971 | 123 | 13 |
| Colin Greenall | England | DF | 1981–1986 | 183 | 9 |
| Paul Groves | England | MF | 1990–1992 | 107 | 21 |
| Jimmy Hampson | England | FW | 1927–1938 | 361 | 248 |
| Steve Harrison | England | DF | 1971–1978 | 146 | 2 |
| Paul Hart | England | DF | 1973–1978 | 143 | 15 |
| Dave Hatton | England | MF/DF | 1969–1976 | 251 | 7 |
| Eric Hayward | England | DF | 1937–1952 | 275 | 15 |
| Iain Hesford | England | GK | 1977–1983 | 202 | 0 |
| Steve Hetzke | England | DF | 1982–1986 | 140 | 18 |
| John Hills | England | DF | 1994–1995, 1998–2003 & 2007–2008 | 167 | 16 |
| Wes Hoolahan | Republic of Ireland | MF | 2007–2008 | 87 | 13 |
| Des Horne | England | MF | 1960–1966 | 118 | 17 |
| Phil Horner | England | DF | 1990–1996 | 187 | 22 |
| Emlyn Hughes | England | DF | 1964–1967 | 28 | 0 |
| Ian Hughes | Wales | DF | 1997–2003 | 160 | 4 |
| Arthur Hull | England | GK | 1902–1906 | 116 | 0 |
| Tommy Hutchison | Scotland | MF | 1967–1973 & 1987–1988 | 171 | 10 |
| Tom Ince | England | MF | 2011–2014 | 100 | 31 |
| Glyn James | Wales | DF | 1960–1975 | 399 | 22 |
| Harry Johnston | England | DF | 1937–1955 | 398 | 11 |
| Jimmy Jones | England | DF | 1912–1920 | 113 | 0 |
| Sammy Jones | Ireland | DF | 1933–1939 | 165 | 6 |
| Tommy Jones | England | FW | 1933–1938 | 153 | 38 |
| Claus Jørgensen | Faroe Islands | MF | 2006–2009 | 100 | 6 |
| Harold Keenan | England | DF | 1913–1922 | 101 | 3 |
| Hugh Kelly | Scotland | DF | 1943–1960 | 428 | 8 |
| Jimmy Kelly | England | DF | 1954–1961 | 200 | 9 |
| Richard Kingson | Ghana | GK | 2010–2011 | 20 | 0 |
| Leslie Lea | England | MF | 1960–1967 | 160 | 13 |
| Jimmy Leaver | England | DF | 1920–1926 | 106 | 4 |
| David Linighan | England | DF | 1995–1998 | 100 | 5 |
| Stanley Matthews | England | MF | 1947–1961 | 391 | 17 |
| Chris Maxwell | England | GK | 2020–2023 | 101 | 0 |
| Stan McEwan | Scotland | DF | 1974–1982 | 213 | 24 |
| Sandy McGinn | England | MF | 1919–1925 | 132 | 2 |
| Steve McIlhargey | Scotland | GK | 1989–1993 | 101 | 0 |
| John McPhee | Scotland | MF | 1962–1970 | 259 | 15 |
| Barrie Martin | England | DF | 1957–1964 | 187 | 1 |
| Georgie Mee | England | MF | 1920–1925 | 216 | 21 |
| Micky Mellon | Scotland | MF | 1994–1997 | 124 | 14 |
| Jack Meredith | England | MF | 1923–1928 | 190 | 27 |
| Harry Mingay | England | GK | 1919–1924 | 155 | 0 |
| Colin Methven | Scotland | DF | 1986–1990 | 175 | 11 |
| David Moore | England | DF | 1984–1986 | 115 | 1 |
| Steve Morgan | England | DF | 1986–1990 | 144 | 10 |
| Stan Mortensen | England | FW | 1946–1955 | 317 | 197 |
| Jackie Mudie | Scotland | FW | 1947–1961 | 324 | 144 |
| Alex Munro | Scotland | FW | 1936–1950 | 136 | 17 |
| John Murphy | England | FW | 1999–2006 | 229 | 83 |
| Graham Oates | England | MF | 1961–1968 | 121 | 26 |
| Brett Ormerod | England | FW | 1997–2001 & 2009–2012 | 212 | 65 |
| Keigan Parker | Scotland | FW | 2004–2008 | 141 | 34 |
| Jack Parkinson | England | FW | 1896–1910 | 365 | 55 |
| Ray Parry | England | FW | 1960–1965 | 128 | 27 |
| Terry Pashley | England | DF | 1978–1983 | 201 | 7 |
| Bill Perry | England | MF | 1949–1962 | 394 | 119 |
| Brian Peterson | South Africa | FW | 1956–1962 | 101 | 16 |
| Andy Preece | England | FW | 1995–1998 | 129 | 35 |
| James Quinn | Northern Ireland | FW | 1993–1998 | 151 | 36 |
| Peter Quinn | England | MF | 1910–1920 | 152 | 16 |
| Paul Rachubka | England | GK | 2002–2011 | 118 | 0 |
| Stan Ramsay | England | DF | 1927–1932 | 105 | 2 |
| Clark Robertson | Scotland | DF | 2015–2018 | 121 | 4 |
| Tony Rodwell | England | MF | 1990–1994 | 137 | 19 |
| Billy Ronson | England | MF | 1974–1979 & 1985–1986 | 131 | 12 |
| Graham Rowe | England | DF | 1963–1971 | 105 | 12 |
| Jack Scott | England | DF | 1898–1909 | 309 | 15 |
| Eddie Shimwell | England | DF | 1946–1957 | 283 | 5 |
| Barry Siddall | England | GK | 1983–1989 | 117 | 0 |
| Trevor Sinclair | England | MF | 1990–1993 | 112 | 15 |
| Keith Southern | England | MF | 2002–2012 | 321 | 25 |
| Jay Spearing | England | MF | 2017–2020 | 104 | 0 |
| Paul Stewart | England | FW | 1981–1987 | 201 | 56 |
| Harry Stirzaker | England | DF | 1894–1903 | 154 | 14 |
| Ron Suart | England | DF | 1946–1949 | 103 | 0 |
| Peter Suddaby | England | DF | 1970–1980 | 331 | 10 |
| Alan Suddick | England | MF | 1966–1976 | 310 | 65 |
| Ernie Taylor | England | FW | 1951–1958 | 217 | 53 |
| Mark Taylor | England | FW | 1986–1992 | 121 | 43 |
| Scott Taylor | England | FW | 1998 & 2002–2004 | 116 | 43 |
| Gary Taylor-Fletcher | England | FW | 2007–2013 | 215 | 36 |
| Tommy Thompson | England | DF | 1961–1970 | 152 | 1 |
| Percy Thorpe | England | DF | 1924–1928 | 113 | 5 |
| Edward Threlfall | England | DF | 1900–1911 | 320 | 10 |
| Billy Tremelling | England | DF | 1925–1930 | 114 | 43 |
| Bert Tulloch | England | DF | 1914–1924 | 178 | 0 |
| Ollie Turton | England | DF | 2017–2021 | 140 | 2 |
| David Vaughan | Wales | MF | 2008–2011 | 105 | 4 |
| Tony Waiters | England | GK | 1959–1967 | 257 | 0 |
| Jock Wallace | Scotland | GK | 1934–1948 | 243 | 0 |
| Mickey Walsh | Republic of Ireland | FW | 1973–1978 | 180 | 72 |
| Mike Walsh | England | DF | 1984–1989 | 153 | 5 |
| Dickie Watmough | England | MF | 1934–1937 | 100 | 31 |
| Albert Watson | England | MF | 1923–1936 | 373 | 22 |
| Andy Watson | England | FW | 1993–1996 | 115 | 43 |
| Phil Watson | Scotland | DF | 1932–1937 | 171 | 11 |
| Richie Wellens | England | MF | 2000–2005 | 188 | 16 |
| Jimmy Weston | England | MF | 1975–1980 | 105 | 8 |
| Dick Witham | England | DF | 1934–1938 | 149 | 0 |
| George Wood | Scotland | GK | 1971–1977 & 1989–1990 | 132 | 0 |
| Jackie Wright | England | DF | 1948–1959 | 157 | 1 |
| Jerry Yates | England | FW | 2020–2023 | 124 | 42 |