List of Blackburn Rovers F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Blackburn 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 (and sourced) in the 'Notes' column.

For a list of all Blackburn Rovers players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. players, and for the current squad see Blackburn Rovers F.C.#Current squad.

Explanation of list

Players are 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 include substitute appearances, but exclude wartime matches. Further information on competitions and seasons which are regarded as eligible for appearance stats are provided below, and if a player's data is not available for any of these competitions, an appropriate note will be added to the table. Players' nationalities are listed; those whose country has a link (in blue) were/are full internationals.

Table

Statistics are up to date as of 8 March 2013.

Name	Position	Nationality	Club career	Lge apps	Lge goals	Total apps	Total goals	Notes / References
Fred Hargreaves	WH	England	1875-1883	0	0	?	?	Captained Blackburn in 1882 FA Cup final
Fergus Suter	GK	Scotland	1880–1889	1	0	?	?	Played in four FA Cup finals with Blackburn; one of the first professional footballers[1]
James Brown	IF	England	1881–1889	4	0	?	?	Played in four FA Cup finals with Blackburn, and was captain in two finals (1885–6)
William Townley	OL	England	1888–1894	77	27	?	?	Played for Blackburn in two FA Cup finals, scoring a hat-trick in 1890
Geordie Dewar	CH	Scotland	1889–1897	174	7	?	?
Bob Crompton	RB	England	1896–1920	530	14	?	?	Manager of Blackburn 1926-1931, 1938-1941
Bob Haworth	FB	England	1898–1904	122	5	?	?
Jack Dewhurst	WH/CF	England	1899–1904	169	43	?	?
Willie McIver	GK	England	1901–1906	126	0	?	?
Billy Bradshaw	LH	England	1903–1919	386	36	?	?
William Davies	IF	Wales	1905–1913	132	66	?	?
Jock Simpson	OR	England	1911–1914	151	16	?	?
Jack Roscamp	RH/CF	England	1923–1931	223	37	?	?
Syd Puddefoot	CF	England	1925–1932	250	79	?	?
Herbert Jones	DF	England	1925–1934	247	0	?	?
Jack Bruton	OR	England	1929–1939	324	108	?	?	Manager of Blackburn 1947-1949
Walter Crook	FB	England	1931–1947	236	2	?	?	Most consecutive League appearances by Blackburn player (208)
Ernie Thompson	IF	England	1931–1936	171	82	?	?
Eddie Crossan	IF	Northern Ireland	1947–1957	287	73	?	?
Bill Eckersley	FB	England	1947–1961	406	20	?	?
Ronnie Clayton	WH	England	1950–1969	581	15	?	?
Eddie Quigley	IF	England	1951–1956	159	92	?	?	Manager of Blackburn 1967-1970
Tommy Briggs	ST	England	1952–1957	194	140	?	?
Bryan Douglas	RW	England	1952–1969	438	100	503	115
Keith Newton	FB	England	1960–1969	306	9	?	?
Billy Wilson	LB	England	1964–1972	247	0	?	?
Derek Fazackerley	DF	England	1969–1987	596	23	671	?	Record Blackburn appearances
Tony Parkes	MF	England	1970–1981	350	38	?	?	Caretaker manager of Blackburn on six different occasions between 1986 and 2004
John Butcher	GK	England	1976–1982	104	0	?	?
Glenn Keeley	DF	England	1976–1987	370	23	?	?
Noel Brotherston	RW	Northern Ireland	1977–1987	317	40	?	?
Simon Garner	ST	England	1978–1992	474	168	555	192	Record Blackburn goalscorer
Jim Branagan	FB	England	1979–1987	294	5	?	?
Howard Kendall	MF	England	1979–1981	79	6	?	?	Player-manager of Blackburn 1979-1981
Jason Wilcox	LW	England	1989–1999	269	31	?	?
Alan Shearer	ST	England	1992–1996	138	112	171	130	British record transfer fee when signed (£3.6m) and sold (£15m)
Tim Sherwood	MF	England	1992–1999	246	25	298	31
Henning Berg	DF	Norway	1993–1997, 2000-2003	251	7	297	7	Manager of Blackburn 2012
Tim Flowers	GK	England	1993–1999	177	0	217	0
Brad Friedel	GK	USA	2000–2008	289	1	356	1
David Dunn	MF	England	1997–2003, 2007–2015	275	45	331	54
Mark Hughes	ST	Wales	2000–2002	50	6	64	7	Manager of Blackburn 2004-2008
Andrew Cole	ST	England	2001–2004	83	27	100	37	Blackburn's joint record transfer fee paid (£8m)
Tugay Kerimoğlu	MF	Turkey	2001–2009	233	11	294	13
Lucas Neill	DF	Australia	2001–2007	188	5	227	8
Brett Emerton	MF	Australia	2003–2011	246	13	294	20
Steven Reid	RB/MF	Republic of Ireland	2003–2010	113	6	135	8
Morten Gamst Pedersen	LW	Norway	2004–2013	282	35	342	47
Ryan Nelsen	DF	New Zealand	2005–2012	172	8	209	8
Aaron Mokoena	DF/MF	South Africa	2005–2009	101	0	101	0
Benni McCarthy	ST	South Africa	2006–2010	109	37	140	52
Jason Roberts	ST	Grenada	2006–2011	134	24	156	28
Christopher Samba	DF	Congo	2007–2012	161	16	186	18
Roque Santa Cruz	ST	Paraguay	2007–2009, 2011	66	23	80	29	Record transfer fee received by Blackburn (£17.5m)
Paul Robinson	GK	England	2008–2015	189	0	201	0
Jason Lowe	DF/MF	England	2010–	120	0	137	0
Jordan Rhodes	FW	Scotland	2012–2016	132	72	141	73

References

• Blackburn Rovers at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
• Soccerbase stats (use Search menu in top right and select 'Players' drop down)
• Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.