# List of Doncaster Rovers F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Doncaster 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 in the 'Notes' column.
For a list of all Doncaster Rovers players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Doncaster Rovers F.C. players, and for the current squad see Doncaster Rovers F.C.#Current squad.

## Explanation of List

Players should be 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 should include substitute appearances, but exclude wartime matches. Further information on competitions/seasons which are regarded as eligible for appearance stats are provided below, and if any data is not available for any of these competitions an appropriate note should be added to the table.

### League appearances

League appearances and goals should include data for the following league spells, but should not include play-off matches:
* Midland Alliance: 1890−91
* Midland Football League: 1891-92 to 1900-01; 1903–04; 1905-06 to 1922-23
* The Yorkshire League: 1897−98 to 1898−99
* Football League: 1901-02 to 1902-03; 1904–05; 1923-24 to 1997-98; 2003-04 to present
* Football Conference: 1998-99 to 2002-03

### Total appearances

The figures for total appearances and goals should include the League figures together with the following competitions:
* Play-off matches (2002–03 and 2007–08)
* FA Cup; FA Trophy (1998-99 to 2002-03)
* Football League Cup, Football League Trophy (including three seasons as a Conference club 2000-01 to 2002-03), Football League Group Cup (1982–83), Football League Third Division North Cup (1933-34 to 1934-35; 1937–38)
* Conference League Cup (1999-00 to 2000-01)
* Sheffield and Hallamshire FA Minor Challenge Cup
* Sheffield and Hallamshire FA Senior Challenge Cup
* Gainsborough News Charity Cup
* Wharncliffe Charity Cup
* Mexborough Montague Charity Cup
* Friendlies (pre 1890−91 when Doncaster weren't in a league)
NOT included:
* Wartime League matches
* Friendlies (1890−91 onwards)

## List of players

Statistics are up to date as of 18:24 5 April 2021 (UTC).
| Name | Position | Club career | League apps | League goals | Total apps | Total goals | Notes |
| Walter Langton | LB / CF | 1887−1905 | 45 | 28 | 48 | 48 | Doncaster's longest serving player Appearance stats not including seasons 1887−1901 nor 1903−04, during which he was theoretically available for a further 324 league and 88 cup games giving a maximum possible of 460. Added to this there were a further 77 friendly games during his first three seasons when Rovers were not in a league. |
| Jack Eggett | GK | 1894–1903 | 67 | 0 | 70 | 0 | Stats only for 1901–03. He'd been a regular in the side for several seasons before this |
| Billy Linward | OL | 1895−1901 | | 53 | | 65 | |
| Ellis Wright | LH | 1895−1905 | 80 | 2 | 83 | 2 | Appearance stats not including 1895−1901, 1903−04 |
| Billy Longden | OR RH | 1896−1902 | 31 | 2 | 33 | 2 | Stats only for 1901−02 season, he scored 17 League and 5 other goals in total |
| Len Goodson | OL / IL | 1900–02 1905−06 1909 | 38 | 6 | 40 | 2 | Stats not including 1899–1901, 1905−06 and 1908−09 seasons where he scored 33 league and 14 other goals |
| Billy Langham | OR | 1901–03 1906−07 | 62 | 16 | 65 | 16 | Playing stats for first period only, scored 9 League goals in his second period |
| Arthur Wigglesworth | DF | 1920–1925 | 181 | 0 | 202 | 0 | |
| Billy Boardman | FW | 1922–1927 | 182 | 57 | 196 | 61 | |
| Harold Jacklin | GK | 1922–1926 | 105 | 0 | 117 | 0 | |
| Bob McLean | DF | 1922–1929 | 176 | 4 | 191 | 4 | |
| Tom Keetley | FW | 1923–1929 | 231 | 180 | 241 | 186 | Record Doncaster goalscorer |
| Joe Bowman | DF | 1924–1932 | 189 | 1 | 201 | 3 | |
| Jack Buckley | FB | 1924–1932 | 257 | 0 | 275 | 0 | |
| Fred Emery | WH | 1924–1936 | 417 | 30 | 439 | 32 | Record pre war Doncaster League appearances Manager of Doncaster 1936-1940 |
| Paddy McConnell | IF | 1925–1930 | 137 | 20 | 143 | 21 | Ireland international whilst at Doncaster |
| Frank Keetley | FW | 1926–1929 | 110 | 28 | 113 | 28 | |
| Jock Morgan | HB | 1926–1930 | 150 | 4 | 158 | 4 | |
| Ben Underwood | LH | 1926–1929 | 101 | 1 | 105 | 1 | |
| Wilf Bott | MF | 1927–1931 | 111 | 32 | 120 | 33 | |
| Tommy Atkin | WI | 1928–1932 | 99 | 6 | 105 | 6 | |
| George Flowers | WH | 1928–1936 | 149 | 7 | 161 | 8 | |
| Bobby Smith | IF | 1929–1937 | 264 | 35 | 277 | 39 | |
| Ike Tate | GK | 1929–1935 | 127 | 0 | 135 | 0 | |
| George Gladwin | DF | 1930–1937 | 226 | 22 | 237 | 24 | |
| Wilf Shaw | DF | 1930–1944 | 180 | 0 | 190 | 0 | One of two current Rovers players to be killed in WWII |
| Stan "Dizzie" Burton | WI | 1932–1938 | 196 | 50 | 204 | 54 | |
| Arthur Rodgers | DF | 1933–1937 | 176 | 1 | 183 | 1 | |
| Albert Turner | WI | 1933–1937 | 119 | 51 | 122 | 53 | Scored in 6 consecutive games and 5 times in one game in 1934-35 season |
| Jim Imrie | GK | 1933–1939 | 126 | 0 | 140 | 0 | |
| Syd Bycroft | DF | 1936–1951 | 333 | 2 | 355 | 2 | Including Wartime League matches, he played 501 games for Doncaster giving him the overall all-time second highest number of appearances behind James Coppinger. Joint manager of Doncaster January−June 1958 |
| Albert Malam | FW | 1936–1945 | 95 | 26 | 106 | 28 | |
| Eddie Perry | CF | 1936–1940 | 98 | 44 | 102 | 44 | Welsh international whilst at Doncaster |
| Bobby McFarlane | WH | 1937–1948 | 131 | 6 | 145 | 6 | |
| Clarrie Jordan | FW | 1940–1948 | 60 | 48 | 67 | 50 | Most Doncaster league goals in one season (42 in 1946/47) He also scored 63 goals in 102 games during the war years |
| Bert Tindill | IF | 1946–1958 | 402 | 122 | 429 | 131 | |
| Paul Todd | IF | 1946–1950 | 160 | 49 | 170 | 56 | |
| Alf Calverley | WI | 1947–1953 | 142 | 11 | 153 | 13 | |
| Ken Hardwick | GK | 1947–1956 | 308 | 0 | 331 | 0 | |
| Jack Hodgson | DF | 1947–1951 | 95 | 2 | 100 | 2 | |
| Dave Miller | IF | 1947–1953 | 140 | 3 | 147 | 4 | |
| Charlie Williams | DF | 1948–1959 | 158 | 1 | 174 | 1 | Famous comedian |
| Peter Doherty | IF | 1949–1953 | 103 | 55 | 109 | 58 | Ireland international player and manager of Northern Ireland whilst at Doncaster Manager of Doncaster 1949-1958 (PM until 1953) |
| Len Graham | MF | 1949–1958 | 312 | 3 | 332 | 3 | Northern Ireland international whilst at Doncaster |
| Ray Harrison | CF | 1950–1954 | 126 | 47 | 134 | 50 | |
| Bobby Herbert | WH | 1950–1956 | 108 | 15 | 117 | 15 | |
| Kit Lawlor | IF | 1950–1954 | 127 | 47 | 143 | 49 | Republic of Ireland international whilst at Doncaster |
| Bill Paterson | DF | 1950–1955 | 113 | 0 | 120 | 0 | |
| Brian Makepeace | DF | 1951–1961 | 353 | 0 | 378 | 0 | |
| Jack Teasdale | WH | 1949–1956 | 113 | 0 | 120 | 0 | |
| Harry Gregg | GK | 1952–1957 | 94 | 0 | 99 | 0 | Northern Ireland international whilst at Doncaster. Hero of the Munich air disaster |
| Ron Walker | LW | 1952–1961 | 240 | 46 | 258 | 49 | |
| Paddy Gavin | DF | 1953–1960 | 147 | 5 | 156 | 5 | |
| Eddie McMorran | IF | 1953–1957 | 126 | 32 | 139 | 38 | |
| Johnny Mooney | RW | 1953–1959 | 168 | 32 | 182 | 36 | |
| Alick Jeffrey | FW | 1954–1959, 1963–1968 | 262 | 129 | 293 | 140 | Youngest Doncaster player (15 years 229 days v Fulham, 15 September 1954). |
| Jimmy Kilkenny | WH | 1952–1961 | 132 | 1 | 147 | 2 | |
| Tommy Cavanagh | IF | 1956–1959 | 119 | 16 | 124 | 18 | |
| Willie Nimmo | GK | 1958–1962 | 182 | 0 | 197 | 0 | |
| Albert Broadbent | LW | 1959–1961 1963-1966 | 206 | 39 | 231 | 42 | |
| Phil Robinson | WI | 1961–1966 | 157 | 19 | 179 | 22 | |
| Colin Booth | IF | 1962–1964 | 88 | 57 | 101 | 62 | |
| Alfie Hale | IF | 1962–1965 | 119 | 42 | 135 | 44 | Republic of Ireland international whilst at Doncaster |
| Fred Potter | GK | 1962–1966 | 123 | 0 | 140 | 0 | |
| Keith Ripley | WH | 1962–1966 | 128 | 7 | 152 | 7 | |
| Graham Ricketts | WH | 1964–1968 | 150 | 16 | 174 | 18 | |
| Jim Watton | DF | 1964–1968 | 124 | 0 | 143 | 2 | |
| John Wylie | MF | 1964–1968 | 124 | 2 | 144 | 2 | |
| Bobby Gilfillan | FW | 1965–1971 | 186 | 33 | 207 | 36 | |
| Brian Kelly | DF | 1965–1968 | 131 | 3 | 149 | 2 | |
| David Raine | DF | 1965–1968 | 107 | 2 | 126 | 2 | |
| John Flowers | MF | 1966–1971 | 164 | 4 | 186 | 4 | |
| Stuart Robertson | DF | 1966–1972 | 227 | 8 | 252 | 11 | |
| Alan Warboys | FW | 1966–1968, 1979-1983 | 129 | 33 | 150 | 38 | |
| Graham Watson | MF | 1966–1968, 1968–1973 | 157 | 33 | 174 | 38 | "Willie" Watson |
| Colin Clish | DF | 1968–1972 | 100 | 4 | 111 | 4 | |
| John Haselden | DF | 1968–1974 | 172 | 20 | 187 | 20 | |
| Rod Johnson | MF | 1968–1971 | 107 | 23 | 121 | 24 | |
| Chris Rabjohn | MF | 1968–1973 | 153 | 8 | 169 | 9 | |
| John Regan | FW | 1968–1971 | 95 | 25 | 104 | 27 | |
| Brian Usher | WN | 1968–1973 | 170 | 6 | 183 | 6 | |
| Ian Branfoot | DF | 1969–1973 | 156 | 5 | 166 | 6 | |
| Steve Briggs | FW | 1969–1973 | 120 | 34 | 127 | 36 | |
| Archie Irvine | MF | 1969–1975 | 228 | 16 | 247 | 19 | |
| Glenn Johnson | GK | 1970–1973 | 95 | 0 | 102 | 0 | |
| Peter Kitchen | FW | 1970–1977 | 228 | 89 | 256 | 105 | |
| Stan Brookes | DF | 1971–1977 | 236 | 7 | 263 | 7 | |
| Mike Elwiss | FW | 1971–1974 | 97 | 30 | 108 | 34 | |
| Steve Uzelac | DF | 1971–1977 | 185 | 9 | 211 | 12 | |
| Steve Reed | DF | 1972–1979 | 140 | 2 | 162 | 3 | |
| Steve Wignall | DF | 1972–1977 | 130 | 1 | 142 | 1 | Manager of Doncaster 2000-2001 |
| Alan Murray | MF | 1973–1977 | 146 | 21 | 165 | 23 | |
| Brendan O'Callaghan | FW | 1973–1978 | 187 | 65 | 212 | 78 | |
| Ray Ternent | DF | 1973–1977 | 84 | 3 | 102 | 4 | |
| Ian Miller | RW | 1975–1978 | 124 | 14 | 139 | 15 | |
| Dennis Peacock | GK | 1975–1980, 1982–1986 | 329 | 0 | 373 | 0 | |
| Fred Robinson | DF | 1975–1979 | 119 | 3 | 134 | 3 | |
| Brian Taylor | DF | 1975–1978 | 119 | 12 | 131 | 13 | |
| Joe Laidlaw | MF | 1976–1979 | 128 | 27 | 137 | 27 | |
| Glynn Snodin | MF | 1976–1985 | 309 | 59 | 345 | 62 | |
| Daral Pugh | WN | 1977–1981 | 154 | 15 | 175 | 17 | |
| Pat Lally | MF | 1978–1982 | 122 | 0 | 132 | 1 | |
| Steve Lister | MF | 1978–1985 | 238 | 30 | 268 | 31 | |
| Billy Bremner | MF | 1979–1982 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Manager of Doncaster 1979-1985, 1989–1991 |
| Hugh Dowd | DF | 1979–1983 | 94 | 3 | 111 | 7 | |
| David Harle | MF | 1979–1982, 1983–1986, 1989–1992 | 189 | 23 | 217 | 27 | |
| Billy Russell | DF | 1979–1985 | 244 | 15 | 285 | 16 | |
| Willie Boyd | GK | 1980–1984 | 104 | 0 | 115 | 0 | |
| Glenn Humphries | DF | 1980–1988 | 180 | 8 | 200 | 9 | |
| Ian Snodin | MF | 1980–1985, 1998–2000 | 190 | 25 | 216 | 27 | Player-manager of Doncaster 1998-2000 |
| Colin Douglas | FW | 1981–1986, 1988–1993 | 404 | 53 | 444 | 62 | Forward in his first spell, fullback in his second |
| Jim Dobbin | MF | 1984–1986, 1997–1998 | 95 | 13 | 107 | 14 | |
| Dave Cusack | DF | 1985–1987, 1990 | 101 | 4 | 114 | 4 | Manager of Doncaster 1985–1987 |
| Andy Rhodes | GK | 1985–1988 | 106 | 0 | 118 | 0 | |
| Micky Stead | DF | 1985–1988 | 85 | 0 | 102 | 2 | |
| Mark Rankine | MF | 1987–1992 | 164 | 20 | 195 | 25 | |
| Lee Turnbull | FW | 1987–1991, 1994 | 134 | 22 | 146 | 24 | |
| Jack Ashurst | DF | 1988–1992 | 139 | 2 | 145 | 2 | |
| Rufus Brevett | DF | 1988–1991 | 109 | 3 | 118 | 3 | |
| Mark Samways | GK | 1988–1992 | 121 | 0 | 128 | 0 | |
| Kevin Noteman | LW | 1989–1992, 1995 | 110 | 21 | 120 | 24 | |
| John Stiles | MF | 1989–1992 | 89 | 2 | 105 | 3 | |
| Eddie Gormley | MF | 1990–1993 | 118 | 16 | 134 | 17 | |
| Graeme Jones | FW | 1993–1996 | 92 | 26 | 105 | 30 | |
| John Schofield | MF | 1994–1997 | 110 | 12 | 111 | 12 | |
| Lee Warren | DF | 1994–2000 | 191 | 4 | 199 | 4 | Rovers Player of the Year 1997–98 |
| Tim Ryan | DF | 1996–1997, 2000–2006 | 211 | 6 | 220 | 6 | |
| Kevin McIntyre | MF | 1998–2001 | 97 | 6 | 112 | 7 | |
| Dave Penney | MF | 1998–2002 | 93 | 13 | 102 | 17 | Manager of Doncaster 2001-2006 |
| Simon Marples | DF | 1999–2006 | 154 | 0 | 185 | 1 | Rovers Player of the Year 1999–2000 |
| Andy Warrington | GK | 1999–2007 | 196 | 0 | 207 | 0 | |
| Jamie Paterson | MF | 2000–2004 | 100 | 34 | 118 | 37 | Rovers Player of the Year 2000–01 and 2001–02 |
| Paul Green | MF | 2001–2008 | 235 | 30 | 277 | 33 | |
| Steve Foster | DF | 2002–2006 | 116 | 3 | 134 | 3 | |
| Ricky Ravenhill | MF | 2002–2006 | 137 | 9 | 152 | 10 | |
| Chris Brown | FW | 2003–2004, 2011–2014 | 109 | 29 | 119 | 33 | Rovers Player of the Year 2013–14 |
| Leo Fortune-West | FW | 2003–2006 | 90 | 19 | 104 | 23 | |
| Michael McIndoe | MF | 2003–2006 | 122 | 28 | 142 | 35 | Rovers Player of the Year 2004–05 and 2005–06 |
| James Coppinger | MF | 2004–2021 | 607 | 67 | 688 | 78 | Rovers Player of the Year 2017–18 |
| Mark Wilson | MF | 2004, 2006–2011, 2013 | 143 | 3 | 161 | 3 | |
| Lewis Guy | FW | 2005–2010 | 148 | 18 | 187 | 24 | |
| Paul Heffernan | FW | 2005–2010 | 128 | 35 | 150 | 43 | |
| James O'Connor | DF | 2006–2012 | 215 | 4 | 242 | 5 | Rovers Player of the Year 2009–10 |
| Adam Lockwood | DF | 2006–2012 | 152 | 8 | 179 | 8 | Joint Rovers Player of the Year 2006–07 |
| Jason Price | FW | 2006–2009 | 93 | 17 | 114 | 23 | |
| Gareth Roberts | DF | 2006–2010 | 141 | 8 | 165 | 8 | |
| Brian Stock | MF | 2006–2012 | 193 | 18 | 216 | 23 | Welsh international whilst at Doncaster |
| Neil Sullivan | GK | 2006–2013 | 200 | 0 | 220 | 0 | |
| James Hayter | FW | 2007–2012 | 165 | 34 | 178 | 39 | |
| Sam Hird | DF | 2007–2012 | 148 | 1 | 164 | 2 | |
| Richie Wellens | MF | 2007–2009, 2013–2016 | 172 | 12 | 199 | 15 | Rovers Player of the Year 2007–08 |
| Martin Woods | MF | 2007–2013, 2013–2014 | 117 | 7 | 135 | 10 | |
| Billy Sharp | FW | 2009–2012, 2014 | 98 | 44 | 102 | 45 | Record transfer fee paid (£1.15 m) Rovers Player of the Year 2010–11 |
| Kyle Bennett | MF | 2011–2015 | 116 | 15 | 131 | 16 | |
| Paul Keegan | MF | 2011–2017 | 124 | 2 | 145 | 2 | |
| Luke McCullough | DF/MF | 2013–2019 | 99 | 0 | 112 | 1 | Northern Ireland international whilst at Doncaster |
| Andy Butler | DF | 2015–2019, 2020– | 206 | 15 | 238 | 17 | Manager of Doncaster 2021– |
| Tommy Rowe | MF | 2015–2019 | 128 | 25 | 145 | 31 | |
| Andy Williams | FW | 2015–2018 | 92 | 23 | 106 | 29 | |
| Matty Blair | MF | 2016–2020 | 139 | 8 | 162 | 10 | |
| John Marquis | FW | 2016–2019 | 134 | 61 | 153 | 67 | Rovers Player of the Year 2016–17 |
| Niall Mason | DF | 2016–2019 | 98 | 3 | 120 | 3 | |
| Joe Wright | DF | 2016– | 120 | 4 | 148 | 5 | |
| Alfie May | FW | 2017–2020 | 92 | 10 | 117 | 23 | |
| Ben Whiteman | MF | 2017–2021 | 133 | 19 | 159 | 25 | Rovers Player of the Year 2018–19 |
| Tom Anderson | DF | 2018– | 97 | 6 | 119 | 8 | |
Charle Chester 1892-99

## Football League 100 Legends

The following Doncaster players have been included in the Football League 100 Legends.
* Peter Doherty
* Billy Bremner

## PFA Team of the Year

The following have been included in the PFA Team of the Year whilst playing for Doncaster.
* 1975–76 Ian Miller, Peter Kitchen (Fourth Division)
* 1976–77 Ian Miller, Peter Kitchen (Fourth Division)
* 1977–78 Ian Miller, Brendan O'Callaghan (Fourth Division)
* 1980–81 Alan Little (Fourth Division)
* 1983–84 Ian Snodin (Fourth Division)
* 1984–85 Ian Snodin (Third Division)
* 1990–91 Brendan Ormsby, Rufus Brevett (Fourth Division)
* 1994–95 Russ Wilcox (Fourth Division)
* 2003–04 Michael McIndoe (Third Division)
* 2005–06 Michael McIndoe (League One)
* 2006–07 Richie Wellens (League One)
* 2007–08 Richie Wellens (League One)
* 2012–13 Rob Jones, David Cotterill (League One)
* 2016–17 James Coppinger, John Marquis (League Two)
* 2018–19 John Marquis (League One)

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Doncaster Rovers' 30-Year struggle with poverty". Retrieved 1 October 2012.
* ↑ "Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats". Retrieved 1 October 2012.
* ↑ "1929/30 season". doncasterrovers.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
* 1 2 Does not include any appearances he may have made in the Football League Trophy
* 1 2 Penney's League stats are derived from the Soccerbase seasonal breakdown for 99/00 to 01/02 and from A to Z players for 98/99 as league data for this season is not included at Soccerbase. Note there are minor differences between the two sources for both 99/00 and 00/01
* 1 2 Penney's other stats are taken from Soccerbase but may not include any FA Trophy matches, or consistently include Conference League Cup data
* 1 2 Data does not include any matches he may have played in the FA Trophy, or in the FA Cup whilst Doncaster were in the Conference