fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place height article_title position birth_date currentclub name
john bramhall 1976 1988 1988 -- 1990 1990 -- 1991 1991 -- ? -- 1982 1982 -- 1986 1985 1986 -- tranmere rochdale halifax town scunthorpe united hyde united rovers bury → chester city -lrb- loan -rrb- 170 167 4 86 62 32 7 17 0 13 5 0 warrington , england 6 2 john bramhall -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 defender 20 november 1956 retired john bramhall
john bramhall -lrb- footballer -rrb-

john bramhall -lrb- born 20 november 1956 , warrington -rrb- is a former english professional footballer who played as a defender .
he made more than 500 football league appearances for six clubs from 1976 to 1991 and is now assistant chief executive of the professional footballers ' association .
bramhall joined tranmere rovers in july 1976 from stockton heath .
he made 170 league appearances for rovers before joining fourth division rivals bury in march 1982 .
once again he was to be a regular member of the side , although he was allowed to join chester city on loan in november 1985 .
he played four games for the blues during their promotion season from division four and the following season joined rochdale .
after two years spent playing regularly in the rochdale side , bramhall moved again to halifax town and finished his league career with 32 league appearances for scunthorpe united .
this took his overall football league appearance tally to 521 , scoring 42 goals in the process .
bramhall then played non-league football for hyde united .
he is now regularly quoted in the media through his role at the pfa .
john lives in the leafy village of grappenhall , cheshire , with his wife and two sons .
