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.
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.
Michael McGrath is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a left half.
James Smailes was an English professional footballer who played for Tow Law Town, Huddersfield Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Blackpool, Grimsby Town, Stockport County, Bradford City and Waterhouses Sports Club.
Ralph Arthur Ward was an English professional footballer who played for Hinckley United, Tottenham Hotspur, Bradford Park Avenue, Crewe Alexandra and represented England at schoolboy level. He was born in Oadby, Leicestershire.
Daniel Richard Verity is an English professional footballer who plays as a central defender.
BradfordAssociation Football Club is an association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The team compete in National League North, at the sixth 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.
Michael John "Mickey" Walker, Jr. is an English former professional footballer and coach.
Frederick David Emery was an English footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League with Doncaster Rovers in the 1920s and 1930s.
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 Norman Corner, known as Norman Corner, was an English professional footballer who could play as either a centre half or a forward. Active in the Football League between 1964 and 1971, Corner made 160 appearances, scoring 32 goals.
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.
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.
John Tom Manning was an English professional footballer who scored 31 goals from 218 appearances in the Football League either side of the First World War. He played as a forward, most frequently at outside right. Manning represented four clubs – Hull City, Bradford Park Avenue, Rotherham County and Queens Park Rangers – during the first season played by each of those clubs in the Football League, and also played league football for Lincoln City.
Michael James Duckworth is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for National League club York City. He has played in the English Football League for Hartlepool United, Fleetwood Town and Morecambe.
Ben Hedley is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League North club Darlington. He previously played in the Football League for Morecambe, as well as in non-league football for Witton Albion and Bradford.