Below is a list of notable footballers who have played for Birmingham City Football Club. Generally, this means all players who have played 100 or more first-team competitive matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; this could include players from the club's early days, when they played fewer matches in a season than the present day, or players who fell just short of the 100 total but made significant contributions to the club's history (e.g. ...).
List of players
Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included. Statistics correct as of 30 June 2007.
Players with nationality in bold won full caps for their country while with the club.
Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; HB – Half-back; W – Winger; FW – Forward
For an explanation of the positions, see Football positions or Formation (football).
Name | Nationality | Position | BCFC career | Appearances | Goals | Notes |
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Harry Morris | England | MF | 1883–1893 | 69 | 4 | |
Chris Charsley | England | GK | 1886–1894 | 81 | 0 | |
Caesar Jenkyns | Wales | HB | 1888–1895 | 99 | 13 | |
Billy Walton | England | FW/MF | 1889–1902 | 200 | 63 | |
Fred Wheldon | England | FW | 1890–1896 | 129 | 82 | |
Frank Mobley | England | FW | 1892–1896 | 103 | 64 | |
Alex Leake | England | HB | 1895–1902 | 221 | 23 | |
William Robertson | Wales | MF | 1896–1899 1902–1903 |
103 | 15 | |
Billy Pratt | England | DF | 1896–1901 | 139 | 0 | |
Sid Wharton | England | W | 1897–1903 | 167 | 25 | |
Arthur Archer | England | DF | 1897–1902 | 170 | 4 | |
Bob McRoberts | Scotland | FW | 1898–1905 | 187 | 82 | |
Walter Wigmore | England | HB | 1899–1912 | 355 | 35 | |
Nat Robinson | England | GK | 1899–1908 | 306 | 0 | |
Charlie Athersmith | England | W | 1901–1905 | 100 | 13 | |
Billy Jones | England | FW | 1901–1909 1912–1913 |
253 | 102 | |
Billy Beer | England | MF | 1902–1909 | 250 | 35 | |
Jack Dorrington | England | GK | 1902–1912 | 111 | 0 | |
Jim Dougherty | England | MF | 1902–1907 | 136 | 3 | |
Frank Stokes | England | DF | 1903–1910 | 213 | 1 | |
Benny Green | England | FW | 1903–1908 | 198 | 46 | |
Jack Glover | England | DF | 1904–1907 | 124 | 2 | |
Frank Womack | England | DF | 1908–1928 | 515 | 0 | |
James Bumphrey | England | MF | 1909–1915 | 143 | 6 | |
Albert Gardner | England | MF | 1909–1919 | 120 | 4 | |
William Ball | England | DF | 1911–1921 | 165 | 0 | |
Richard Gibson | England | W | 1911–1921 | 120 | 19 | |
Alf Tinkler | England | HB | 1911–1915 | 103 | 3 | |
Alec McClure | England | HB | 1912–1923 | 198 | 4 | |
Joe Roulson | England | MF | 1913–1922 | 125 | 4 | |
Percy Barton | England | HB | 1914–1929 | 349 | 14 | |
Dan Tremelling | England | GK | 1919–1931 | 395 | 0 | |
Jackie Whitehouse | England | FW | 1919–1923 | 115 | 35 | |
Johnny Crosbie | Scotland | FW | 1920–1932 | 431 | 72 | |
George Liddell | England | HB/DF | 1920–1932 | 345 | 6 | |
Jack Jones | England | DF | 1920–1927 | 237 | 1 | |
Joe Bradford | England | FW | 1920–1935 | 445 | 267 | |
Ted Linley | England | W | 1921–1926 | 118 | 11 | |
Jimmy Cringan | Scotland | MF | 1923–1934 | 285 | 12 | |
George Briggs | England | W | 1924–1933 | 324 | 107 | |
Harry Hibbs | England | GK | 1926–1938 | 389 | 0 | |
Alec Leslie | Scotland | MF | 1927–1931 | 143 | 0 | |
Jack Randle | England | DF | 1927–1932 | 116 | 1 | |
George Morrall | England | HB | 1927–1936 | 266 | 7 | |
Ernie Curtis | Wales | W | 1928–1933 | 180 | 53 | |
Ned Barkas | England | DF | 1928–1937 | 288 | 9 | |
Harold Booton | England | DF | 1930–1935 | 162 | 2 | |
Tom Fillingham | England | HB | 1930–1938 | 192 | 9 | |
Lewis Stoker | England | MF | 1930–1938 | 246 | 2 | |
Charlie Calladine | England | MF | 1931–1935 | 127 | 4 | |
Tom Grosvenor | England | FW | 1931–1936 | 115 | 18 | |
Frank White | England | W | 1933–1938 | 156 | 50 | |
Fred Harris | England | FW/MF | 1934–1950 | 312 | 68 | |
Wilson Jones | Wales | FW | 1934–1946 | 150 | 69 | |
Don Dearson | Wales | FW/MF | 1934–1947 | 136 | 17 | |
Dennis Jennings | England | FW/DF | 1936–1950 | 212 | 14 | |
Billy Hughes | Wales | DF | 1936–1947 | 110 | 0 | |
Cyril Trigg | England | FW/DF | 1936–1954 | 291 | 72 | |
Ted Duckhouse | England | DF | 1938–1950 | 139 | 4 | |
Harold Bodle | England | FW | 1939–1949 | 110 | 36 | |
Neil Dougall | Scotland | FW | 1946–1949 | 108 | 18 | |
Gil Merrick | England | GK | 1946–1959 | 551 | 0 | |
Frank Mitchell | Australia | DF | 1946–1949 | 106 | 8 | |
Ken Green | England | DF | 1947–1958 | 443 | 2 | |
Johnny Berry | England | W | 1947–1951 | 114 | 6 | |
Jackie Stewart | Scotland | W | 1948–1954 | 218 | 55 | |
Jack Badham | England | DF | 1948–1957 | 190 | 4 | |
Len Boyd | England | MF | 1949–1956 | 282 | 14 | |
Ray Ferris | Northern Ireland | MF | 1949–1953 | 106 | 4 | |
Arthur Atkins | England | HB | 1949–1954 | 105 | 0 | |
Roy Warhurst | England | MF | 1950–1957 | 239 | 10 | |
Jeff Hall | England | DF | 1951–1959 | 264 | 1 | |
Peter Murphy | England | FW | 1952–1960 | 278 | 127 | |
Johnny Watts | England | MF | 1952–1963 | 248 | 3 | |
Johnny Schofield | England | GK | 1952–1965 | 237 | 0 | |
Noel Kinsey | Wales | FW | 1953–1958 | 173 | 56 | |
Alex Govan | Scotland | W | 1953–1958 | 187 | 60 | |
Gordon Astall | England | W | 1953–1961 | 271 | 67 | |
Trevor Smith | England | DF | 1953–1964 | 430 | 3 | |
George Allen | England | DF | 1954–1962 | 165 | 0 | |
Eddy Brown | England | FW | 1954–1958 | 185 | 90 | |
Brian Farmer | England | DF | 1956–1962 | 145 | 0 | |
Bryan Orritt | Wales | FW | 1956–1962 | 119 | 27 | |
Graham Sissons | England | DF | 1957–1962 | 106 | 0 | |
Dick Neal | England | MF | 1957–1961 | 197 | 18 | |
Harry Hooper | England | W | 1957–1960 | 119 | 42 | |
Johnny Gordon | England | FW | 1958–1961 | 115 | 40 | |
Mike Hellawell | England | W | 1958–1964 | 213 | 33 | |
Malcolm Beard | England | MF | 1960–1970 | 405 | 33 | |
Jimmy Bloomfield | England | FW | 1960–1964 | 147 | 31 | |
Colin Withers | England | GK | 1960–1964 | 116 | 0 | |
Jimmy Harris | England | FW | 1960–1964 | 115 | 53 | |
Terry Hennessey | Wales | MF | 1961–1965 | 203 | 3 | |
Winston Foster | England | DF | 1961–1968 | 170 | 2 | |
Bertie Auld | Scotland | W | 1961–1965 | 147 | 31 | |
Stan Lynn | England | DF | 1961–1965 | 148 | 30 | |
Ken Leek | Wales | FW | 1961–1964 | 120 | 61 | |
Colin Green | Wales | DF | 1962–1970 | 217 | 1 | |
Bobby Thomson | Scotland | FW | 1963–1967 | 129 | 25 | |
Ray Martin | England | DF | 1964–1975 | 374 | 1 | |
Johnny Vincent | England | MF | 1964–1970 | 194 | 44 | |
Geoff Vowden | England | FW | 1964–1970 | 253 | 94 | |
Malcolm Page | Wales | DF/MF | 1965–1980 | 391 | 10 | |
Jim Herriot | Scotland | GK | 1965–1970 | 212 | 0 | |
Ron Wylie | Scotland | MF | 1965–1969 | 149 | 2 | |
Trevor Hockey | Wales | W | 1965–1971 | 232 | 13 | |
Bert Murray | England | DF/W | 1966–1971 | 160 | 23 | |
Barry Bridges | England | FW | 1966–1968 | 104 | 46 | |
Phil Summerill | England | FW | 1967–1972 | 131 | 52 | |
Dave Robinson | England | DF | 1968–1972 | 127 | 4 | |
Garry Pendrey | England | DF | 1969–1979 | 360 | 5 | |
Bob Latchford | England | FW | 1969–1974 | 194 | 84 | |
Dave Latchford | England | GK | 1969–1978 | 239 | 0 | |
Roger Hynd | Scotland | DF | 1970–1975 | 206 | 5 | |
Trevor Francis | England | FW | 1970–1979 | 329 | 133 | |
Alan Campbell | Scotland | MF | 1970–1975 | 211 | 14 | |
Gordon Taylor | England | W | 1970–1976 | 203 | 10 | |
Kenny Burns | Scotland | DF/FW | 1971–1977 | 204 | 53 | |
Bob Hatton | England | FW | 1971–1976 | 218 | 73 | |
Tony Want | England | DF | 1972–1977 | 127 | 2 | |
Jimmy Calderwood | Scotland | DF/MF | 1972–1979 | 159 | 5 | |
Joe Gallagher | England | DF | 1973–1981 | 335 | 23 | |
Howard Kendall | England | MF | 1974–1977 | 134 | 18 | |
Terry Hibbitt | England | MF | 1975–1978 | 122 | 11 | |
Kevan Broadhurst | England | DF/MF | 1977–1984 | 173 | 10 | |
Keith Bertschin | England | FW | 1977–1981 | 141 | 41 | |
Tony Towers | England | MF | 1977–1980 | 103 | 4 | |
Kevin Dillon | England | MF | 1977–1983 | 212 | 19 | |
Alan Ainscow | England | MF | 1978–1981 | 125 | 22 | |
Mark Dennis | England | DF | 1978–1983 | 145 | 1 | |
Pat van den Hauwe | Wales | DF | 1978–1984 | 143 | 5 | |
Alan Curbishley | England | MF | 1979–1983 | 155 | 15 | |
Archie Gemmill | Scotland | MF | 1979–1982 | 115 | 14 | |
Jeff Wealands | England | GK | 1979–1982 | 119 | 0 | |
Colin Todd | England | DF | 1979–1982 | 108 | 0 | |
David Langan | Ireland | DF | 1980–1983 | 102 | 3 | |
Tony Coton | England | GK | 1980–1984 | 114 | 0 | |
Mick Harford | England | FW | 1982–1984 | 109 | 33 | |
Jim Hagan | Northern Ireland | DF | 1982–1986 | 167 | 0 | |
Robert Hopkins | England | MF | 1983–1986 1989–1991 |
205 | 33 | |
Martin Kuhl | England | MF | 1983–1987 | 132 | 6 | |
Tony Rees | Wales | FW | 1983–1988 | 111 | 16 | |
Billy Wright | England | DF | 1983–1986 | 137 | 14 | |
Brian Roberts | England | DF | 1984–1990 | 213 | 1 | |
Wayne Clarke | England | FW | 1984–1987 | 105 | 43 | |
Des Bremner | Scotland | MF | 1984–1989 | 195 | 5 | |
Ray Ranson | England | DF | 1984–1988 | 158 | 0 | |
Julian Dicks | England | DF | 1985–1988 | 102 | 2 | |
Steve Whitton | England | FW | 1986–1989 | 119 | 35 | |
Ian Handysides | England | MF | 1986–1988 | 133 | 12 | |
John Frain | England | DF/MF | 1986–1996 | 336 | 28 | |
Vince Overson | England | DF | 1986–1991 | 212 | 5 | |
Dean Peer | England | MF | 1986–1993 | 150 | 12 | |
Ian Atkins | England | MF | 1988–1990 1991–1992 |
117 | 9 | |
Paul Tait | England | MF | 1988–1997 | 211 | 18 | |
Ian Clarkson | England | DF | 1988–1993 | 172 | 0 | |
Martin Thomas | Wales | GK | 1988–1993 | 176 | 0 | |
Simon Sturridge | England | FW | 1988–1993 | 186 | 38 | |
Trevor Matthewson | England | DF | 1989–1993 | 203 | 13 | |
Nigel Gleghorn | England | MF | 1989–1992 | 176 | 42 | |
Ian Rodgerson | England | MF | 1990–1993 | 116 | 6 | |
Louie Donowa | England | W | 1991–1996 | 158 | 20 | |
Ian Bennett | England | GK | 1993–2004 | 354 | 0 | |
Steve Claridge | England | FW | 1994–1996 | 120 | 42 | |
Jonathan Hunt | England | MF | 1994–1997 | 102 | 25 | |
Gary Poole | England | DF | 1994–1996 | 102 | 3 | |
Michael Johnson | Jamaica | DF | 1995–2003 | 313 | 17 | |
Paul Devlin | Scotland | W | 1996–1998 2002–2003 |
139 | 38 | |
Martin Grainger | England | DF | 1996–2004 | 266 | 28 | |
Gary Ablett | England | DF | 1996–1999 | 124 | 2 | |
Paul Furlong | England | FW | 1996–2002 | 153 | 56 | |
Martin O'Connor | England Cayman Islands |
MF | 1996–2002 | 223 | 19 | |
Bryan Hughes | England | MF | 1997–2004 | 291 | 42 | |
Jon McCarthy | Northern Ireland | W | 1997–2002 | 142 | 8 | |
Peter Ndlovu | Zimbabwe | FW | 1997–2001 | 134 | 28 | |
Dele Adebola | Nigeria | FW | 1998–2001 | 152 | 41 | |
Darren Purse | England | DF | 1998–2004 | 200 | 11 | |
Andrew Johnson | England | FW | 1998–2002 | 104 | 13 | |
Gary Rowett | England | DF | 1998–2000 | 103 | 11 | |
David Holdsworth | England | DF | 1999–2001 | 101 | 8 | |
Stan Lazaridis | Australia | W | 1999–2006 | 222 | 8 | |
Geoff Horsfield | England | FW | 2000–2003 | 126 | 29 | |
Damien Johnson | Northern Ireland | MF | 2002– | 184 | 4 | |
Kenny Cunningham | Ireland | DF | 2002–2006 | 144 | 0 | |
Stephen Clemence | England | MF | 2003–2007 | 135 | 9 | |
Matthew Upson | England | DF | 2003–2007 | 128 | 5 | |
Maik Taylor | Northern Ireland | GK | 2003– | 153 | 0 |
References
- Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-010-2.
- Sewell, Albert (ed) (1996). News of the World Football Annual 1996-97. London: Invincible Press.
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