Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. is an English semi-professional association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire. They were members of the Football League from 1908 to 1970. The following is a list of every Bradford Park Avenue player who appeared in the Football League for the club.
John Dennis Downie was a Scottish footballer. He was born in Lanark, and played as an inside forward. Downie played football as a member of the Lanark Air Training Corps, but joined Bradford Park Avenue as an amateur in August 1942. After spending time working in a colliery in Bradford, he turned professional in December 1944, and made his debut when football restarted after the Second World War.
Nicholas Law is an English former professional footballer and football manager.
Peter Dinsdale was a football player and coach. He played 239 times for Huddersfield Town and was head coach of the Canadian national soccer team for qualifying for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.
James Scoular was a Scottish football player and manager. Known as a tough, combative player with precise passing skills, Scoular made over 600 appearances in the Football League with Portsmouth, Newcastle United and Bradford Park Avenue, as a player-manager, and attained nine caps for Scotland in a playing career spanning nearly twenty years. Following his retirement from playing, Scoular went on to manage Cardiff City and Newport County.
Peter O'Rourke was a Scottish football player and manager. In two spells as manager of Bradford City, he won the FA Cup in 1911 as well as two league titles, the Football League Second Division in 1908 and the Third Division North in 1929.
Kevin James Hector is an English former footballer who scored 268 goals from 662 appearances in the Football League playing for Bradford Park Avenue and Derby County. His 486 League appearances for Derby County is a club record. He also played in the North American Soccer League for the Vancouver Whitecaps, and was capped twice for England.
Simon Jonathan Collins is an English former professional footballer, born in Pontefract, Yorkshire, who made 200 appearances in the Football League playing as a defender for Huddersfield Town, Plymouth Argyle, Macclesfield Town and Shrewsbury Town. He was manager of Bradford Park Avenue, having previously been in charge at Ossett Town and Stocksbridge Park Steels.
Walter McMurray Galbraith was a Scottish football player and manager. He played as a defender for Queen's Park, Clyde, New Brighton and Grimsby Town. He then managed Accrington Stanley, Bradford Park Avenue, New Brighton, Tranmere Rovers, Hibernian, Stockport County and Berwick Rangers.
Dick Conroy was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for both of his hometown clubs – Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue. He also played for Swain House and Grantham Town.
Patrick Liney was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for clubs in both Scotland and England for Dalry Thistle, Dundee, St Mirren, Bradford Park Avenue and Bradford City.
John Thomas William Haines was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward. During his playing career, Haines made over 300 appearances in the Football League, and earned one cap for the England national side in 1948.
Daniel Richard Verity is an English professional footballer who plays as a central defender.
Bradford Association Football Club is an association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The team compete in Northern Premier League Division One East, at the eighth tier of the English football league system. The name derived from their former home at Park Avenue, and was used to avoid confusion with Bradford derby rivals Bradford City.
Albert William Fisher was an English professional footballer who scored 23 goals from 56 appearances in the Football League playing as an inside forward for Aston Villa, Bristol City and Manchester City. He also played for Southern League clubs Brighton & Hove Albion, Bradford Park Avenue, Queens Park Rangers, Coventry City and Merthyr Town. As player-manager, he led Merthyr Town to the Southern League Second Division title in 1911–12, and went on to manage Notts County.
James Smith was an English professional footballer who scored 49 goals from 90 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre forward for Bradford.
Charles Atkinson was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half.
John Frederick Halliday was an English professional footballer and manager who played as a full back in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers and Bradford City. He went on to manage Bradford Park Avenue and Brentford. He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in 2015.
Michael James Duckworth is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Scarborough Athletic. He signed for Scarborough Athletic on 1 July 2024.
Donald Stuart McCalman was a Scottish professional football player and manager.