# List of Grimsby Town F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Grimsby Town. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more league matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; this includes players that have had considerable success at other clubs.
Players are listed in alphabetical order. Appearances and goals are for league matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included.
As of 1 November 2008.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X-Z
* Key
* References

## A

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Walter Abbott | England | IL | 1919–1920 | | |
| George Affleck | Scotland | FB | 1919–1924 | 197 | 0 |
| Paul Agnew | Northern Ireland | LB | 1983–1994 | 243 | 3 |
| Keith Alexander | England/ Saint Lucia | FW | 1988–1990 | 83 | 26 |
| Bradley Allen | England | FW | 1999–2001 | 80 | 15 |
| Willie Andrews | United States/ Ireland | WH | 1912–1914 | 105 | 2 |
| Bill Appleyard | England | FW | 1901–1902 1908 | 44 13 | 19 2 |
| Jock Archibald | Scotland | GK | 1923–1926 | 111 | 0 |
| Tony Arrowsmith | England | FB | 1911–1914 | 137 | 0 |
| Lee Ashcroft | England | FW | 1998–1999 | 61 | 15 |

## B

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Joseph Bache | England | FW | 1920 | 5 | 0 |
| Darren Barnard | Wales | LB | 2002–2003 | 63 | 4 |
| Alan Barnett | England | GK | 1958–1962 | 116 | 0 |
| Frank Barton | England | MF | 1973–1975 | 123 | 15 |
| Nigel Batch | England | GK | 1976–1986 | 348 | 0 |
| Peter Beagrie | England | MF | 2006 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Beasant | England | GK | 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Bellas | England | FB | 1951–1952 | 5 | 0 |
| Jackie Bestall | England | MF | 1926–1937 | 427 | 76 |
| Harry Betmead | England | CB | 1931–1946 | 296 | 10 |
| Garry Birtles | England | FW | 1989–1991 | 69 | 9 |
| Fred Bisby | England | MF | 1905–1907 | 12 | 1 |
| Kingsley Black | Northern Ireland | MF | 1996–2000 | 141 | 8 |
| Ernest Blake | England | MF | 1920–1921 | 7 | 0 |
| William Blanchard | England | FB | 1907–1915 | 11 | 0 |
| Jimmy Bloomer | Scotland | FW | 1949–1954 | 109 | 42 |
| Tom Blythe | England | IF | 1898 | 4 | 1 |
| Paul Bolland | England | MF | 2005–2010 | 118 | 13 |
| Ivano Bonetti | Italy | MF | 1995 | 19 | 3 |
| Phil Bonnyman | Scotland | MF | 1982–1986 | 151 | 15 |
| Dave Booth | England | FB | 1972–1977 | 200 | 7 |
| Michael Boulding | England | FW | 2001–2002 2002–2003 | 35 39 | 11 16 |
| Jimmy Boyd | Scotland | FW | 1938–1939 | 37 | 9 |
| Dave Boylen | England | MF | 1966–1977 | 384 | 34 |
| Stuart Brace | England | FW | 1968–1973 | 206 | 81 |
| Alec Brader | England | FW | 1960–1963 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Bradford | England | WH | 1920–1923 | 108 | 0 |
| Tommy Briggs | England | FW | 1947–1950 1957–1958 | 116 19 | 78 9 |
| Bert Brocklesbury | England | FB | 1898 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Brolly | Scotland | MF | 1976–1981 | 254 | 27 |
| Ernie Brooks | England | MF | 1919–1920 | 3 | 0 |
| Marlon Broomes | England | CB | 2001 | 15 | 0 |
| George Browell | England | CB | 1911–1912 | 23 | 0 |
| Willie Brown | Scotland | FB | 1951–1957 | 265 | 1 |
| Edward Brumley | England | CB | 1901–1903 | 5 | 2 |
| Teddy Buck | England | WH | 1929–1939 | 354 | 4 |
| Wayne Burnett | England | MF | 1997–2001 | 106 | 6 |
| Andy Butler | England | CB | 2006 | 4 | 0 |
| Martin Butler | England | FW | 2008 | 16 | 5 |
| Danny Butterfield | England | RB | 1997–2001 | 124 | 3 |

## C

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Billy Cairns | England | FW | 1946–1953 | 221 | 121 |
| Stuart Campbell | England/ Scotland | MF | 2000–2003 | 155 | 12 |
| Jimmy Carmichael | Scotland | FW | 1920–1926 | 227 | 137 |
| Herbert Chapman | England | FW | 1898 | 10 | 4 |
| Lew Chatterley | England | FW | 1972–1974 | 73 | 16 |
| Steve Chettle | England | CB | 2002–2003 | 20 | 1 |
| Gary Childs | England | MF | 1989–1996 | 233 | 26 |
| Allenby Chilton | England | CB | 1954–1956 | 63 | 0 |
| Daryl Clare | Ireland | FW | 1995–2001 | 79 | 9 |
| Brian Clifton | England | WH | 1962–1965 | 104 | 5 |
| Harry Clifton | Wales | MF | 2015–2024 | 238 | 21 |
| John Cockerill | England | MF | 1988–1991 | 107 | 19 |
| Ron Cockerill | England | CB | 1958–1967 | 294 | 28 |
| Steve Coglin | England | FW | 1926–1930 | 118 | 39 |
| Stacy Coldicott | England | MF | 1998–2004 | 121 | 4 |
| Ernie Coleman | England | FW | 1928–1931 | 87 | 57 |
| Doug Collins | England | MF | 1963–1968 | 103 | 9 |
| Dick Conner | England | WH | 1953–1958 | 186 | 8 |
| Terry Cooke | England | MF | 2002–2003 | 28 | 1 |
| Joe Cooper | England | FW | 1924–1931 | 154 | 47 |
| Danny Coyne | Wales | GK | 1999–2002 | 181 | 0 |
| Colin Cramb | Scotland | FW | 2004–2005 | 11 | 2 |
| Tony Crane | England | CB | 2003–2006 | 45 | 4 |
| Charlie Craven | England | FW | 1930–1937 | 256 | 95 |
| Paul Crichton | England | GK | 1993–1996 | 133 | 0 |
| Gary Croft | England | LB | 1990–1995 2005–2007 | 149 61 | 3 0 |
| Dean Crombie | England | CB | 1978–1986 | 320 | 4 |
| Jason Crowe | England | RB | 2003–2005 | 69 | 4 |
| Mick Cullen | Scotland | FW | 1958–1962 | 178 | 35 |
| Bobby Cumming | Scotland | MF | 1974–1986 | 365 | 57 |
| Shaun Cunnington | England | MF | 1987–1991 | 182 | 13 |
| Terry Curran | England | MF | 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Czuczman | England | CD | 1971–1975 1980–1981 | 113 9 | 6 0 |

## D

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Jon Daly | Ireland | FW | 2005 | 3 | 1 |
| Aidan Davison | England/ Northern Ireland | GK | 1997–1998 2003 | 77 32 | 0 0 |
| Jim Dobbin | Scotland | MF | 1991–1995 1997–1998 | 164 6 | 21 0 |
| Don Donovan | Ireland | FB | 1958–1964 | 238 | 1 |
| Kevin Donovan | England | MF | 1997–2000 | 156 | 24 |
| Kevin Drinkell | England | FW | 1976–1984 | 272 | 89 |
| Jimmy Dyson | Scotland | MF | 1931–1937 | 139 | 38 |

## E

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Paul Emson | England | MF | 1983–1985 | 97 | 15 |
| Zhang Enhua | China | CB | 2000 | 17 | 3 |
| Billy Evans | England | FW | 1955–1957 | 102 | 28 |

## F

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Willie Falconer | Scotland | FW | 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| Jimmy Fell | England | MF | 1956–1960 | 166 | 35 |
| Nick Fenton | England | CB | 2006–2008 | 80 | 6 |
| Alan Fettis | Northern Ireland | GK | 2004 | 11 | 0 |
| Fred Fisher | England | FB | 1938–1950 | 166 | 0 |
| Terry Fleming | England | MF | 2004–2005 | 43 | 2 |
| Harry Fletcher | England | FW | 1892–1897 1900–1902 1905–1909 | 154 79 40 | 73 12 7 |
| Terrell Forbes | England | CB | 2004–2005 | 33 | 0 |
| Simon Ford | Jamaica | CB | 2001–2004 | 78 | 4 |
| Tony Ford | England | MF | 1975–1985 1991–1993 | 355 68 | 55 3 |
| Jamie Forrester | England | FW | 1995–1997 | 41 | 6 |
| Tom Frith | England | FB | 1892–1898 | 125 | 0 |
| Ben Futcher | England | CB | 2006 | 19 | 2 |
| Paul Futcher | England | CB | 1990–1994 | 132 | 0 |

## G

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Hughie Gallacher | Scotland | FW | 1937 | 12 | 3 |
| Tony Gallimore | England | LB | 1995–2002 | 273 | 4 |
| Dave Gilbert | England | MF | 1988–1994 1997 | 259 5 | 41 0 |
| Wilf Gillow | England | WH | 1919–1924 | 103 | 5 |
| Pat Glover | Wales | FW | 1929–1938 | 227 | 180 |
| Dean Gordon | England | LB | 2004–2005 | 20 | 2 |
| Jimmy Gordon | England | CB | 1909–1914 | 126 | 7 |
| Paddy Gray | Scotland | CB | 1898–1902 | 121 | 5 |
| Stewart Gray | England | CB | 1970–1976 | 264 | 2 |
| Paul Groves | England | MF | 1992–1995 1997–2003 | 184 270 | 38 33 |
| Goran Yabae | Canada | MF | 1999–2002 1997–2003 | 184 270 | 38 33 |

## H

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Alec Hall | England | WH | 1929–1947 | 358 | 4 |
| Des Hamilton | England | MF | 2003–2004 | 27 | 0 |
| Peter Handyside | Scotland | CB | 1992–2000 | 190 | 4 |
| Laurens ten Heuvel | Netherlands | FW | 2003 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Hickman | England | FW | 1968–1974 | 254 | 48 |
| Sandy Higgins | England | CB | 1892–1896 1911 | 126 1 | 27 0 |
| Brian Hill | England | MF | 1960–1966 | 180 | 26 |
| Jack Hodgson | England | FB | 1932–1947 | 212 | 2 |
| Phil Hubbard | England | MF | 1929–1947 | 146 | 37 |
| Richard Hughes | Scotland | MF | 2003 | 12 | 1 |

## J

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Hughie Jacobson | England | FB | 1925–1934 | 360 | 1 |
| Michael Jeffrey | England | FW | 2000–2002 | 42 | 2 |
| Dennis Jennings | England | MF | 1932–1935 | 99 | 29 |
| Phil Jevons | England | FW | 2001–2004 | 63 | 18 |
| Paul Jewell | England | FW | 1995 | 5 | 1 |
| Keith Jobling | England | CB | 1953–1968 | 450 | 5 |
| Kevin Jobling | England | FB | 1987–1997 | 285 | 10 |
| Pat Johnston | Ireland | WH | 1948–1956 | 250 | 16 |
| Gary Jones | England | FW | 2005–2008 | 118 | 27 |
| Rob Jones | England | CB | 2004–2006 | 60 | 5 |

## K

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Steve Kabba | England | FW | 2002 | 13 | 6 |
| Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala | DR Congo | MF | 2005–2006 2008–2009 | 21 21 | 5 2 |
| Brian Keeble | England | FB | 1959–1964 | 172 | 1 |
| Jimmy Kelly | England | FB | 1932–1937 | 160 | 3 |

## L

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Jamie Lawrence | Jamaica | MF | 2004 | 5 | 1 |
| Brian Laws | England | CB | 1994–1996 | 46 | 2 |
| Jason Lee | England | FW | 1997 | 7 | 2 |
| Jack Lester | England | FW | 1994–1999 | 133 | 17 |
| Mark Lever | England | CB | 1987–1999 | 361 | 8 |
| Jack Lewis | England | FW | 1969–1976 | 258 | 74 |
| Gary Liddell | Scotland | FW | 1976–1980 | 105 | 22 |
| Billy Lindsay | England | FB | 1894–1897 | 106 | 1 |
| Steve Livingstone | England | FW/CB | 1993–2002 | 289 | 43 |
| Stan Lloyd | England | MF | 1948–1952 | 148 | 23 |

## M

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Clint Marcelle | Trinidad and Tobago | FW | 2004 | 3 | 0 |
| Tommy McCairns | England | FW | 1893–1897 | 137 | 86 |
| John McDermott | England | FB | 1987–2007 | 647 | 10 |
| Jimmy McGowan | Scotland | WH | 1946–1949 | 34 | 4 |
| Frank McKenna | England | FW | 1922–1926 | 114 | 31 |
| James McKeown | Republic of Ireland | GK | 2011-2022 | 432 | 0 |
| George McLean | Scotland | FW | 1962–1964 | 91 | 41 |
| Duncan McMillan | Scotland | CB | 1948–1954 | 188 | 2 |
| Jimmy Maddison | England | MF | 1950–1958 | 272 | 40 |
| Billy Marshall | England | MF | 1923–1931 | 340 | 59 |
| Frank Martin | England | WH | 1911–1920 | 159 | 1 |
| Clive Mendonca | England | FW | 1991–1996 | 166 | 61 |
| Steve Mildenhall | England | GK | 2005–2006 | 46 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | England | MF | 1978–1981 | 142 | 6 |
| Ken Moody | England | FB | 1947–1950 | 114 | 0 |
| David Moore | England | FB | 1978–1982 1986–1987 | 136 4 | 2 0 |
| Kevin Moore | England | CB | 1976–1986 | 400 | 28 |
| Bert Morley | England | FB | 1904–1906 | 93 | 3 |
| George Mountain | England | FB | 1895 1897–1902 | 1 151 | 0 4 |

## N

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Alan Neilson | Wales | CB | 2001–2002 | 8 | 2 |
| Alf Nelmes | England | WH | 1898–1905 | 219 | 14 |
| Tom Newey | England | LB | 2005–2009 | 134 | 4 |
| David Nielsen | Denmark | FW | 2000–2001 | 17 | 5 |
| Chris Nicholl | England/ Northern Ireland | CB | 1983–1984 | 70 | 0 |
| Lee Nogan | Wales | FW | 1997–1999 | 73 | 10 |

## O

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Iffy Onuora | Scotland | FW | 2003–2004 | 19 | 3 |
| John Oster | Wales | MF | 1996–1997 2002–2003 | 24 17 | 3 6 |

## P

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Andy Parkinson | England | MF | 2004–2006 | 88 | 12 |
| Malcolm Partridge | England | FW | 1974–1978 | 138 | 25 |
| Martin Paterson | Northern Ireland | FW | 2006–2007 | 15 | 6 |
| Norman Penrose | England | WH | 1938–1949 | 9 | 0 |
| Thomas Pinault | France | MF | 2004–2005 | 43 | 7 |
| Cliff Portwood | England | FW | 1961–1963 | 92 | 35 |
| Alan Pouton | England | MF | 1999–2003 | 121 | 12 |
| Gerry Priestley | England | MF | 1955–1958 | 110 | 11 |
| John Priestley | Scotland | WH | 1928–1931 | 139 | 7 |
| Martin Pringle | Sweden | FW | 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Prior | England | MF | 1926–1931 | 160 | 34 |

## R

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Ron Rafferty | England | FW | 1956–1962 | 264 | 145 |
| Isaiah Rankin | England | FW | 2004 2006–2008 | 12 37 | 4 2 |
| Graham Rathbone | England | CB | 1966–1972 | 233 | 11 |
| Tommy Read | England | GK | 1927–1933 | 247 | 0 |
| Michael Reddy | Ireland | FW | 2004–2007 | 94 | 23 |
| Tony Rees | Wales | FW | 1989–1993 | 141 | 33 |
| Dave Richardson | England | FB | 1955–1959 | 175 | 1 |
| Thomas Rippon | England | FW | 1911–1919 | 121 | 37 |
| Nicky Rizzo | Australia | MF | 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| Neil Robinson | England | FB | 1984–1987 | 109 | 6 |
| Joe Robson | England | FW | 1924–1930 | 161 | 123 |
| Graham Rodger | Scotland/ England | CB | 1991–1997 | 146 | 11 |
| Bobby Ross | Scotland | MF | 1965–1970 | 212 | 18 |

## S

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Georges Santos | Cape Verde | CB/MF | 2002–2003 | 26 | 1 |
| Ashley Sestanovich | England/ Croatia/ Grenada | MF | 2004–2005 | 22 | 2 |
| Reg Scotson | England | WH | 1950–1954 | 164 | 4 |
| Jackie Scott | Northern Ireland | MF | 1956–1962 | 240 | 51 |
| Walter Scott | England | GK | 1907–1909 1919 | 80 19 | 0 0 |
| Max Seeburg | Germany | WH | 1911 | 20 | 0 |
| Craig Shakespeare | England | MF | 1993–1997 | 106 | 10 |
| Steve Sherwood | England | GK | 1987–1992 | 183 | 0 |
| Nicky Southall | England | MF | 1995–1997 | 72 | 6 |
| David Smith | England | LB | 1997–2001 | 112 | 9 |
| Martin Spendiff | England | GK | 1902–1904 1913–1919 | 66 57 | 0 0 |
| Tommy Spink | England | MF | 1914–1921 | 116 | 3 |

## T

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Graham Taylor | England | FB | 1963–1967 | 189 | 2 |
| Robert Taylor | England | FW | 2002 2002–2003 | 4 1 | 1 0 |
| Matt Tees | Scotland | FW | 1963–1966 1970–1972 | 113 83 | 51 42 |
| Jimmy Thompson | England | FB | 1962–1966 | 156 | 2 |
| Lee Thorpe | England | FW | 2004 | 6 | 0 |
| Tony Thorpe | England | FW | 2006–2007 | 6 | 0 |
| John Thorrington | United States | MF | 2004 | 3 | 0 |
| Andy Tillson | England | CB | 1988–1990 1992 | 105 4 | 5 0 |
| Andy Todd | England | CB | 2002 | 12 | 3 |
| Ciaran Toner | Northern Ireland | MF | 2005–2008 | 96 | 14 |
| George Tweedy | England | GK | 1932–1952 | 347 | 0 |

## V

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Ned Vincent | England | FB | 1934–1946 | 144 | 2 |

## W

| Name | Nationality | Position | Grimsby career | Appearances | Goals |
| Harry Wainman | England | GK | 1964–1977 | 420 | 0 |
| Paul Warhurst | England | CB/MF/FW | 2004 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Waters | Ireland | MF | 1975–1983 | 357 | 65 |
| Tommy Watson | England | MF | 1987–1995 | 172 | 24 |
| Duncan Welbourne | England | FB | 1957–1963 | 130 | 3 |
| Sidney Wheelhouse | England | FB | 1907–1914 | 234 | 3 |
| Jimmy Whitehouse | England | GK | 1892–1895 1899 | 110 27 | 0 0 |
| Justin Whittle | England | CB | 2004–2008 | 131 | 3 |
| Trevor Whymark | England | FW | 1980–1983 | 93 | 16 |
| Tommy Widdrington | England | MF | 1996–1999 | 89 | 8 |
| Joe Widdowson | England | LB | 2009–2010 | 58 | 1 |
| Clive Wigginton | England | CB | 1968–1974 1979–1982 | 173 122 | 6 2 |
| Paul Wilkinson | England | FW | 1982–1984 | 71 | 27 |
| Menno Willems | Netherlands | MF | 2000–2002 | 54 | 2 |
| Clarrie Williams | England | GK | 1952–1959 | 188 | 0 |
| Charlie Wilson | England | FB | 1923–1932 | 273 | 2 |
| Curtis Woodhouse | England | MF | 2006 | 16 | 1 |
| Neil Woods | England | FW | 1990–1997 | 226 | 42 |
| Dave Worthington | England | FB | 1966–1972 | 293 | 14 |
| Charlie Wrack | England | CB | 1925–1930 | 125 | 2 |
| Darren Wrack | England | MF | 1996–1998 | 13 | 1 |
| Charlie Wright | Scotland | GK | 1962–1965 | 129 | 0 |

## Key

* GK — Goalkeeper
* RB — Right back
* LB — Left back
* FB — Fullback
* CB — Centre back
* WH — Wing half
* MF — Midfielder
* FW — Forward