Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into the similar-sized Colne to the south of the town centre which then flows into the Calder in the north eastern outskirts of the town.
Damien Michael Johnson is a Northern Irish football coach and former international player. Sincce 2019 he has been first team technical coach & head of player development at Blackburn Rovers.
Nicholas Vincent Colgan is an Irish football coach and former professional footballer who is goalkeeping coach at EFL League Two side Stockport County.
Michael Anthony Collins is an English football player and coach. He is currently the Lead U23s Coach for Sheffield United.
Eoin Kevin Joseph Colin Hand is an Irish former footballer and football manager. As a player, his normal position was centre-half. He works as a television and radio football commentator for RTÉ in Ireland.
Anthony Gerrard is a former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He made over 500 professional appearances in a career spent mainly in the English Football League, notably at Walsall where he won the 2006-07 League Two title and at Cardiff City where he was on the losing side as he faced his cousin Steven Gerrard's Liverpool side in the 2012 Football League Cup Final. He began his career at the Everton Academy but failed to break into their senior side.
Gerry Murphy was the Director of Football Development at Huddersfield Town between 1988 and 2009. He was the Academy Director between 1988 and 17 April 2007, and was caretaker manager of Huddersfield Town in three different spells.
James Trevor Berrett is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Kieran Michael O'Regan is an Irish former footballer and football manager who played and managed in England. He now works as a football commentator for BBC Radio Leeds with Paul Ogden, covering Huddersfield Town matches.
Donald William McEvoy was a professional footballer, who played principally for Huddersfield Town, his home-town club, and Sheffield Wednesday and latterly for Lincoln City and Barrow, who were then in the Fourth Division. He later went on to manage Halifax Town, Barrow (twice), Grimsby Town and Southport.
Sean Scannell is a professional footballer who plays as a winger.
Patrick Joseph Barlow was an Irish professional footballer, who played professionally for Newry Town, Huddersfield Town, Sligo Rovers, Dundalk and Limerick. He was born in Athlone, Ireland in 1914 and died in Dublin in 1986.
George Henry Hutchinson was an English professional footballer who played for Huddersfield Town, Sheffield United, Tottenham Hotspur, Guildford City, Leeds United, Halifax Town and Skegness Town. He served in the RAF during national service and was stationed at Ballykelly in Northern Ireland and RAF Cosford and was a PTI. He also played for the RAF team. Hutchinson was born in Allerton Bywater, West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of a miner who worked at the local colliery.
James Lowry Macauley, also known as Jim, was a professional footballer, who played for Rangers, Huddersfield Town and Preston North End. He also played football for Ireland, scoring one goal. He played as an inside forward.
Andrew Michael Peter May is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Manchester City, Huddersfield Town, Bolton Wanderers, Bristol City and Millwall. In October 1995 he joined Larne of the Irish Football League for a loan spell, and he played once for Welling United in the 1995–96 Football Conference. He was capped once for England at under-21 level, in the semi-final of the 1986 European Championship.
Brendan McManus was a former professional footballer, who played for Newry Town, Huddersfield Town, Oldham Athletic and Bradford City. He was born in Kilkeel, Northern Ireland. He was a goalkeeper who played 161 Football League matches before playing non-league football with Frickley Colliery and Scarborough.
Alan Alexander McNeill is a former professional footballer, who played for Crusaders, Middlesbrough, Huddersfield Town, Oldham Athletic, Stockport County, Witton Albion and Macclesfield Town.
Kenneth Brendan O'Doherty is a former professional footballer, who played for University College Dublin, Crystal Palace, Huddersfield Town, Exeter City and Shelbourne.
Samuel James T. Taylor was an English professional footballer, who played at inside forward for various clubs in the 1920s, including Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Southampton.
John "James" Wright was a professional footballer, who played for Cliftonville and Huddersfield Town.
