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 22:00, 8 April 2014 (UTC).

Name	Position	Club career	League apps	League goals	Total apps	Total goals	Notes
Langton, WalterWalter 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.
Linward, BillyBilly Linward	OL	1895−1901		53		65
Wright, EllisEllis Wright	LH	1895−1905	80	2	83	2	Appearance stats not including 1895−1901, 1903−04
Longden, BillyBilly 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
Goodson, LenLen 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
Langham, BillyBilly Langham	OR	1901–03 1906−07	62	16	65	16	Playing stats for first period only, scored 9 League goals in his second period
Wigglesworth, ArthurArthur Wigglesworth	DF	1920–1925	181	0	202	0
Boardman, BillyBilly Boardman	FW	1922–1927	182	57	196	61
Jacklin, HaroldHarold Jacklin	GK	1922–1926	105	0	117	0
McLean, BobBob McLean	DF	1922–1929	176	4	191	4	[1]
Keetley, TomTom Keetley	FW	1923–1929	231	180	241	186	Record Doncaster goalscorer
Bowman, JoeJoe Bowman	DF	1924–1932	189	1	201	3
Buckley, JackJack Buckley	FB	1924–1932	257	0	275	0
Emery, FredFred Emery	WH	1924–1936	417	30	439	32	Record Doncaster League appearances Manager of Doncaster 1936-1940
McConnell, PaddyPaddy McConnell	IF	1925–1930	137	20	143	21	Ireland international whilst at Doncaster[2]
Keetley, FrankFrank Keetley	FW	1926–1929	110	28	113	28	[3]
Morgan, JockJock Morgan	HB	1926–1930	150	4	158	4
Underwood, BenBen Underwood	LH	1926–1929	101	1	105	1
Bott, WilfWilf Bott	MF	1927–1931	111	32	120	33
Atkin, TommyTommy Atkin	WI	1928–1932	99	6	105	6
Flowers, GeorgeGeorge Flowers	WH	1928–1936	149	7	161	8
Smith, BobbyBobby Smith	IF	1929–1937	264	35	277	39
Tate, IkeIke Tate	GK	1929–1935	127	0	135	0
Gladwin, GeorgeGeorge Gladwin	DF	1930–1937	226	22	237	24
Shaw, WilfWilf Shaw	DF	1930–1944	180	0	190	0	One of two current Rovers players to be killed in WWII
Burton, Stan "Dizzie"Stan "Dizzie" Burton	WI	1932–1938	196	50	204	54
Rodgers, ArthurArthur Rodgers	DF	1933–1937	176	1	183	1
Turner, AlbertAlbert Turner	WI	1933–1936	119	51	122	53	Scored in 6 consecutive games and 5 times in one game in 1934-35 season
Imrie, JimJim Imrie	GK	1933–1940	126	0	140	0
Bycroft, SydSyd Bycroft	DF	1936–1951	333	2	355	2	Including Wartime League matches, he played 501 games for Doncaster giving him the overall all-time highest number of appearances. Joint manager of Doncaster January−June 1958
Malam, AlbertAlbert Malam	FW	1936–1945	95	26	106	28
Perry, EddieEddie Perry	CF	1936–1940	98	44	102	44	Welsh international whilst at Doncaster
McFarlane, BobbyBobby McFarlane	WH	1937–1948	131	6	145	6
Jordan, ClarrieClarrie Jordan	FW	1940–1948	60	48	67	50	Most Doncaster league goals in one season (42 in 1946/47)
Tindill, BertBert Tindill	IF	1946–1958	402	122	429	131
Todd, PaulPaul Todd	IF	1946–1950	160	49	170	56
Calverley, AlfAlf Calverley	WI	1947–1953	142	11	153	13
Hardwick, KenKen Hardwick	GK	1947–1956	308	0	331	0
Hodgson, JackJack Hodgson	DF	1947–1951	95	2	100	2
Miller, DaveDave Miller	IF	1947–1953	140	3	147	4
Williams, CharlieCharlie Williams	DF	1948–1959	158	1	174	1	Famous comedian
Doherty, PeterPeter 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)
Graham, LenLen Graham	MF	1949–1958	312	3	332	3	Northern Ireland international whilst at Doncaster
Harrison, RayRay Harrison	CF	1950–1954	126	47	134	50
Herbert, BobbyBobby Herbert	WH	1950–1956	108	15	117	15
Lawlor, KitKit Lawlor	IF	1950–1954	127	47	143	49	Republic of Ireland international whilst at Doncaster
Paterson, BillBill Paterson	DF	1950–1955	113	0	120	0
Makepeace, BrianBrian Makepeace	DF	1951–1961	353	0	378	0
Teasdale, JackieJackie Teasdale	WH	1951–1956	113	0	120	0
Gregg, HarryHarry Gregg	GK	1952–1957	94	0	99	0	Northern Ireland international whilst at Doncaster. Hero of the Munich air disaster
Walker, RonRon Walker	LW	1952–1961	240	46	258	49
Gavin, PaddyPaddy Gavin	DF	1953–1960	145	6	154	0
McMorran, EddieEddie McMorran	IF	1953–1957	126	32	139	38
Mooney, JohnnyJohnny Mooney	RW	1953–1959	168	32	182	36
Jeffrey, AlickAlick Jeffrey	FW	1954–1959, 1963–1968	262	129	293	140	Youngest Doncaster player (15 years 229 days v Fulham, 15 September 1954).
Kilkenny, JimmyJimmy Kilkenny	WH	1955–1961	131	1	146	2
Cavanagh, TommyTommy Cavanagh	IF	1956–1959	119	16	124	18
Nimmo, WillieWillie Nimmo	GK	1958–1962	182	0	197	0
Broadbent, AlbertAlbert Broadbent	LW	1959–1961 1963-1966	206	39	231	42
Robinson, PhilPhil Robinson	WI	1961–1966	157	19	179	22
Booth, ColinColin Booth	IF	1962–1964	88	57	101	62
Hale, AlfieAlfie Hale	IF	1962–1965	119	42	135	44	Republic of Ireland international whilst at Doncaster
Potter, FredFred Potter	GK	1962–1966	123	0	140	0
Ripley, KeithKeith Ripley	WH	1962–1966	128	7	152	7
Ricketts, GrahamGraham Ricketts	WH	1964–1968	150	16	174	18
Watton, JimJim Watton	DF	1964–1968	124	0	143	2
Wylie, JohnJohn Wylie	MF	1964–1968	124	2	144	2
Gilfillan, BobbyBobby Gilfillan	FW	1965–1971	186	33	207	36
Kelly, BrianBrian Kelly	DF	1965–1968	131	3	149	2
Raine, DavidDavid Raine	DF	1965–1968	107	2	126	2
Flowers, JohnJohn Flowers	MF	1966–1971	164	4	186	4
Robertson, StuartStuart Robertson	DF	1966–1972	226	8	251	10
Warboys, AlanAlan Warboys	FW	1966–1968, 1979-1983	129	33	150	38
Watson, GrahamGraham Watson	MF	1966–1968, 1968–1973	157	33	174	38	"Willie" Watson
Clish, ColinColin Clish	DF	1967–1972	100	4	111	4
Haselden, JohnJohn Haselden	DF	1968–1974	172	20	187	20
Johnson, RodRod Johnson	MF	1968–1971	107	23	121	24
Rabjohn, ChrisChris Rabjohn	MF	1968–1973	153	8	168	9
Regan, JohnJohn Regan	FW	1968–1971	95	25	104	27
Usher, BrianBrian Usher	WN	1968–1973	170	6	183	6
Branfoot, IanIan Branfoot	DF	1969–1973	156	5	166	0
Briggs, SteveSteve Briggs	FW	1969–1973	120	34	127	36
Irvine, ArchieArchie Irvine	MF	1969–1975	228	16	247	19
Johnson, GlennGlenn Johnson	GK	1970–1973	95	0	102	0
Kitchen, PeterPeter Kitchen	FW	1970–1977	228	89	256	105
Brookes, StanStan Brookes	DF	1971–1977	236	7	263	7
Elwiss, MikeMike Elwiss	FW	1971–1974	97	30	108	34
Uzelac, SteveSteve Uzelac	DF	1971–1977	185	9	211	12
Reed, SteveSteve Reed	DF	1972–1979	140	2	162	3
Wignall, SteveSteve Wignall	DF	1972–1977	130	1	142	1	Manager of Doncaster 2000-2001
Murray, AlanAlan Murray	MF	1973–1977	146	21	165	23
O'Callaghan, BrendanBrendan O'Callaghan	FW	1973–1978	187	65	212	78
Ternent, RayRay Ternent	DF	1973–1977	84	3	102	4
Miller, IanIan Miller	RW	1975–1978	124	14	139	15
Peacock, DennisDennis Peacock	GK	1975–1980, 1982–1986	329	0	373	0
Robinson, FredFred Robinson	DF	1975–1979	119	3	134	3
Taylor, BrianBrian Taylor	DF	1975–1978	119	12	131	13
Laidlaw, JoeJoe Laidlaw	MF	1976–1979	128	27	137	27
Snodin, GlynnGlynn Snodin	MF	1976–1985	309	59	345	62
Pugh, DaralDaral Pugh	WN	1977–1981	154	15	175	17
Lally, PatPat Lally	MF	1978–1982	122	0	132	1
Lister, SteveSteve Lister	MF	1978–1985	238	30	268	31
Bremner, BillyBilly Bremner	MF	1979–1982	5	0	5	0	Manager of Doncaster 1979-1985, 1989–1991
Dowd, HughHugh Dowd	DF	1979–1983	94	3	111	7
Harle, DavidDavid Harle	MF	1979–1982, 1983–1986, 1989–1992	189	23	217	27
Russell, BillyBilly Russell	DF	1979–1985	244	15	285	16
Boyd, WillieWillie Boyd	GK	1980–1984	104	0	115	0
Humphries, GlennGlenn Humphries	DF	1980–1988	180	8	200	9
Snodin, IanIan Snodin	MF	1980–1985, 1998–2000	190	25	216	27	Player-manager of Doncaster 1998-2000
Douglas, ColinColin Douglas	FW	1981–1986, 1988–1993	404	53	444	62	Record Doncaster total appearances (not including the Wartime League).[4] Forward in his first spell, fullback in his second
Cusack, DaveDave Cusack	DF	1985–1987, 1990	101	4	114	4	Manager of Doncaster 1985–1987
Rhodes, AndyAndy Rhodes	GK	1985–1988	106	0	118[5]	0
Stead, MickyMicky Stead	DF	1985–1988	85	0	102	2
Rankine, MarkMark Rankine	MF	1987–1992	164	20	195	25
Turnbull, LeeLee Turnbull	FW	1987–1991, 1994	134	22	146[5]	24
Ashurst, JackJack Ashurst	DF	1988–1992	139	2	145	2
Brevett, RufusRufus Brevett	DF	1988–1991	109	3	118	3
Samways, MarkMark Samways	GK	1988–1992	121	0	128	0
Noteman, KevinKevin Noteman	LW	1989–1992, 1995	110	21	120	24
Stiles, JohnJohn Stiles	MF	1989–1992	89	2	105	3
Gormley, EddieEddie Gormley	MF	1990–1993	118	16	134	17
Jones, GraemeGraeme Jones	FW	1993–1996	92	26	105	30
Schofield, JohnJohn Schofield	MF	1994–1997	110	12	111	12
Warren, LeeLee Warren	DF	1994–2000	191	4	199	4
Ryan, TimTim Ryan	DF	1996–1997, 2000–2006	211	6	220	6
Penney, DaveDave Penney	MF	1998–2002	93[6]	13[6]	102[7]	17[7]	Manager of Doncaster 2001-2006
Marples, SimonSimon Marples	DF	1999–2006	151	0	170	0
Warrington, AndyAndy Warrington	GK	1999–2007	196	0	207	0
Green, PaulPaul Green	MF	2001–2008	235	30	277[8]	33[8]
Foster, SteveSteve Foster	DF	2002–2006	116	3	134	3
Ravenhill, RickyRicky Ravenhill	MF	2002–2006	137	9	152	10
Brown, ChrisChris Brown	FW	2003–2004, 2011–	104	28	114	32
Fortune-West, LeoLeo Fortune-West	FW	2003–2006	90	19	104	23
McIndoe, MichaelMichael McIndoe	MF	2003–2006	122	28	142	35
Coppinger, JamesJames Coppinger	MF	2004–	355	35	401	40
Wilson, MarkMark Wilson	MF	2004, 2006–2011, 2013	143	3	161	3
Guy, LewisLewis Guy	FW	2005–2010	148	18	187	24
Heffernan, PaulPaul Heffernan	FW	2005–2010	128	35	150	43
O'Connor, JamesJames O'Connor	DF	2006–2012	215	4	242	5
Lockwood, AdamAdam Lockwood	DF	2006–2012	152	8	179	8
Price, JasonJason Price	FW	2006–2009	93	17	114	23
Roberts, GarethGareth Roberts	DF	2006–2010	141	8	165	8
Stock, BrianBrian Stock	MF	2006–2012	193	18	216	23	Welsh international whilst at Doncaster
Sullivan, NeilNeil Sullivan	GK	2006–2013	200	0	220	0
Hayter, JamesJames Hayter	FW	2007–2012	165	34	178	39
Hird, SamSam Hird	DF	2007–2012	148	1	164	2
Wellens, RichieRichie Wellens	MF	2007–2009, 2013–	120	10	135	11
Woods, MartinMartin Woods	MF	2007–2013, 2013–2014	117	7	135	10
Sharp, BillyBilly Sharp	FW	2009–2012, 2014–	94	44	98	45	Record transfer fee paid (£1.15 m)

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)

Footnotes

1. "Doncaster Rovers' 30-Year struggle with poverty". Retrieved 1 October 2012.
2. "Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats". Retrieved 1 October 2012.
3. "1929/30 season". doncasterrovers.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
4. "Colin Douglas Profile". Doncasterrovers.co.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
5. Does not include any appearances he may have made in the Football League Trophy
6. 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
7. Penney's other stats are taken from Soccerbase but may not include any FA Trophy matches, or consistently include Conference League Cup data
8. 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

References

• Bluff, Tony (2011). Donny:Doncaster Rovers F.C. The Complete History (1879−2010). Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0-9569848-3-8.
• Post-war Football League Player statistics
• Soccerbase stats (use Search for...on left menu and select 'Players' drop down)
  • During Doncaster's period in the Conference the database does not include full match stats:
    • FA Cup Qualifying Round matches do not have line-ups included in the database. This affects a total of 7 matches during the period.
    • Only one of their FA Trophy games has match line-ups in Soccerbase, namely the original game against Yeovil on 19 February 2002, leaving a total of 9 Trophy matches without line-ups.
• A to Z Doncaster player stats at doncasterrovers.co.uk - Other than league matches appearance data only appears to include FA Cup and Football League Cup matches (the latter do not seem to be present for seasons 1993-94 to 1997-98). Play-off statistics are included, but are listed within the 'League' totals.
  • Surnames A to C
  • Surnames D to F
  • Surnames G to J
  • Surnames K to M
  • Surnames N to R
  • Surnames S to T
  • Surnames U to W
• List of managers with date of first/last game in charge at doncasterrovers.co.uk
• Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
• Appearances, goals and club years stats at since1888.co.uk Michael Joyce (site no longer active)