List of Grimsby Town F.C. players

For a list of all Grimsby Town players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Grimsby Town F.C. players. For the current Grimsby Town first-team squad, see Grimsby Town F.C. § Current squad.

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Grimsby Town . Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more league matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; this includes players that have had considerable success at other clubs.

Players are listed in alphabetical order. Appearances and goals are for league matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included.

As of 1 November 2008.

Contents: 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X-Z
• Key
• References

A

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Walter Abbott	England	IL	1919–1920
George Affleck	Scotland	FB	1919–1924	197	0
Paul Agnew	Northern Ireland	LB	1983–1994	243	3
Keith Alexander	England /  Saint Lucia	FW	1988–1990	83	26
Bradley Allen	England	FW	1999–2001	80	15
Willie Andrews	United States /  Ireland	WH	1912–1914	105	2
Bill Appleyard	England	FW	1901–1902 1908	44 13	19 2
Jock Archibald	Scotland	GK	1923–1926	111	0
Tony Arrowsmith	England	FB	1911–1914	137	0
Lee Ashcroft	England	FW	1998–1999	61	15

B

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Joseph Bache	England	FW	1920	5	0
Darren Barnard	Wales	LB	2002–2003	63	4
Alan Barnett	England	GK	1958–1962	116	0
Frank Barton	England	MF	1973–1975	123	15
Nigel Batch	England	GK	1976–1986	348	0
Peter Beagrie	England	MF	2006	9	0
Dave Beasant	England	GK	1992	6	0
Bill Bellas	England	FB	1951–1952	5	0
Jackie Bestall	England	MF	1926–1937	427	76
Harry Betmead	England	CB	1931–1946	296	10
Garry Birtles	England	FW	1989–1991	69	9
Fred Bisby	England	MF	1905–1907	12	1
Kingsley Black	Northern Ireland	MF	1996–2000	141	8
Ernest Blake	England	MF	1920–1921	7	0
William Blanchard	England	FB	1907–1915	11	0
Jimmy Bloomer	Scotland	FW	1949–1954	109	42
Tom Blythe	England	IF	1898	4	1
Paul Bolland	England	MF	2005–2010	118	13
Ivano Bonetti	Italy	MF	1995	19	3
Phil Bonnyman	Scotland	MF	1982–1986	151	15
Dave Booth	England	FB	1972–1977	200	7
Michael Boulding	England	FW	2001–2002 2002–2003	35 39	11 16
Jimmy Boyd	Scotland	FW	1938–1939	37	9
Dave Boylen	England	MF	1966–1977	384	34
Stuart Brace	England	FW	1968–1973	206	81
Alec Brader	England	FW	1960–1963	2	0
Jack Bradford	England	WH	1920–1923	108	0
Tommy Briggs	England	FW	1947–1950 1957–1958	116 19	78 9
Bert Brocklesbury	England	FB	1898	3	0
Mike Brolly	Scotland	MF	1976–1981	254	27
Ernie Brooks	England	MF	1919–1920	3	0
Marlon Broomes	England	CB	2001	15	0
George Browell	England	CB	1911–1912	23	0
Willie Brown	Scotland	FB	1951–1957	265	1
Edward Brumley	England	CB	1901–1903	5	2
Teddy Buck	England	WH	1929–1939	354	4
Wayne Burnett	England	MF	1997–2001	106	6
Andy Butler	England	CB	2006	4	0
Martin Butler	England	FW	2008	16	5
Danny Butterfield	England	RB	1997–2001	124	3

C

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Billy Cairns	England	FW	1946–1953	221	121
Stuart Campbell	England /  Scotland	MF	2000–2003	155	12
Jimmy Carmichael	Scotland	FW	1920–1926	227	137
Herbert Chapman	England	FW	1898	10	4
Lew Chatterley	England	FW	1972–1974	73	16
Steve Chettle	England	CB	2002–2003	20	1
Gary Childs	England	MF	1989–1996	233	26
Allenby Chilton	England	CB	1954–1956	63	0
Daryl Clare	Ireland	FW	1995–2001	79	9
Brian Clifton	England	WH	1962–1965	104	5
John Cockerill	England	MF	1988–1991	107	19
Ron Cockerill	England	CB	1958–1967	294	28
Steve Coglin	England	FW	1926–1930	118	39
Stacy Coldicott	England	MF	1998–2004	121	4
Ernie Coleman	England	FW	1928–1931	87	57
Doug Collins	England	MF	1963–1968	103	9
Dick Conner	England	WH	1953–1958	186	8
Terry Cooke	England	MF	2002–2003	28	1
Joe Cooper	England	FW	1924–1931	154	47
Danny Coyne	Wales	GK	1999–2002	181	0
Colin Cramb	Scotland	FW	2004–2005	11	2
Tony Crane	England	CB	2003–2006	45	4
Charlie Craven	England	FW	1930–1937	256	95
Paul Crichton	England	GK	1993–1996	133	0
Gary Croft	England	LB	1990–1995 2005–2007	149 61	3 0
Dean Crombie	England	CB	1978–1986	320	4
Jason Crowe	England	RB	2003–2005	69	4
Mick Cullen	Scotland	FW	1958–1962	178	35
Bobby Cumming	Scotland	MF	1974–1986	365	57
Shaun Cunnington	England	MF	1987–1991	182	13
Terry Curran	England	MF	1987	12	0
Mike Czuczman	England	CD	1971–1975 1980–1981	113 9	6 0

D

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Jon Daly	Ireland	FW	2005	3	1
Aidan Davison	England /  Northern Ireland	GK	1997–1998 2003	77 32	0 0
Jim Dobbin	Scotland	MF	1991–1995 1997–1998	164 6	21 0
Don Donovan	Ireland	FB	1958–1964	238	1
Kevin Donovan	England	MF	1997–2000	156	24
Kevin Drinkell	England	FW	1976–1984	272	89
Jimmy Dyson	Scotland	MF	1931–1937	139	38

E

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Paul Emson	England	MF	1983–1985	97	15
Zhang Enhua	China	CB	2000	17	3
Billy Evans	England	FW	1955–1957	102	28

F

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Willie Falconer	Scotland	FW	2002	2	0
Jimmy Fell	England	MF	1956–1960	166	35
Nick Fenton	England	CB	2006–2008	80	6
Alan Fettis	Northern Ireland	GK	2004	11	0
Fred Fisher	England	FB	1938–1950	166	0
Terry Fleming	England	MF	2004–2005	43	2
Harry Fletcher	England	FW	1892–1897 1900–1902 1905–1909	154 79 40	73 12 7
Terrell Forbes	England	CB	2004–2005	33	0
Simon Ford	Jamaica	CB	2001–2004	78	4
Tony Ford	England	MF	1975–1985 1991–1993	355 68	55 3
Jamie Forrester	England	FW	1995–1997	41	6
Tom Frith	England	FB	1892–1898	125	0
Ben Futcher	England	CB	2006	19	2
Paul Futcher	England	CB	1990–1994	132	0

G

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Hughie Gallacher	Scotland	FW	1937	12	3
Tony Gallimore	England	LB	1995–2002	273	4
Dave Gilbert	England	MF	1988–1994 1997	259 5	41 0
Wilf Gillow	England	WH	1919–1924	103	5
Pat Glover	Wales	FW	1929–1938	227	180
Dean Gordon	England	LB	2004–2005	20	2
Jimmy Gordon	England	CB	1909–1914	126	7
Paddy Gray	Scotland	CB	1898–1902	121	5
Stewart Gray	England	CB	1970–1976	264	2
Paul Groves	England	MF	1992–1995 1997–2003	184 270	38 33
Goran Yabae	Canada	MF	1999–2002 1997–2003	184 270	38 33

H

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Alec Hall	England	WH	1929–1947	358	4
Des Hamilton	England	MF	2003–2004	27	0
Peter Handyside	Scotland	CB	1992–2000	190	4
Laurens ten Heuvel	Netherlands	FW	2003	4	0
Mike Hickman	England	FW	1968–1974	254	48
Sandy Higgins	England	CB	1892–1896 1911	126 1	27 0
Brian Hill	England	MF	1960–1966	180	26
Jack Hodgson	England	FB	1932–1947	212	2
Phil Hubbard	England	MF	1929–1947	146	37
Richard Hughes	Scotland	MF	2003	12	1

J

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Hughie Jacobson	England	FB	1925–1934	360	1
Michael Jeffrey	England	FW	2000–2002	42	2
Dennis Jennings	England	MF	1932–1935	99	29
Phil Jevons	England	FW	2001–2004	63	18
Paul Jewell	England	FW	1995	5	1
Keith Jobling	England	CB	1953–1968	450	5
Kevin Jobling	England	FB	1987–1997	285	10
Pat Johnston	Ireland	WH	1948–1956	250	16
Gary Jones	England	FW	2005–2008	118	27
Rob Jones	England	CB	2004–2006	60	5

K

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Steve Kabba	England	FW	2002	13	6
Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala	DR Congo	MF	2005–2006 2008–	21 0	5 0
Brian Keeble	England	FB	1959–1964	172	1
Jimmy Kelly	England	FB	1932–1937	160	3

L

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Jamie Lawrence	Jamaica	MF	2004	5	1
Brian Laws	England	CB	1994–1996	46	2
Jason Lee	England	FW	1997	7	2
Jack Lester	England	FW	1994–1999	133	17
Mark Lever	England	CB	1987–1999	361	8
Jack Lewis	England	FW	1969–1976	258	74
Gary Liddell	Scotland	FW	1976–1980	105	22
Billy Lindsay	England	FB	1894–1897	106	1
Steve Livingstone	England	FW/CB	1993–2002	289	43
Stan Lloyd	England	MF	1948–1952	148	23

M

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Clint Marcelle	Trinidad and Tobago	FW	2004	3	0
Tommy McCairns	England	FW	1893–1897	137	86
John McDermott	England	FB	1987–2007	647	10
Jimmy McGowan	Scotland	WH	1946–1949	34	4
Frank McKenna	England	FW	1922–1926	114	31
James McKeown	Republic of Ireland	GK	2011-2022	432	0
George McLean	Scotland	FW	1962–1964	91	41
Duncan McMillan	Scotland	CB	1948–1954	188	2
Jimmy Maddison	England	MF	1950–1958	272	40
Billy Marshall	England	MF	1923–1931	340	59
Frank Martin	England	WH	1911–1920	159	1
Clive Mendonca	England	FW	1991–1996	166	61
Steve Mildenhall	England	GK	2005–2006	46	0
Bobby Mitchell	England	MF	1978–1981	142	6
Ken Moody	England	FB	1947–1950	114	0
David Moore	England	FB	1978–1982 1986–1987	136 4	2 0
Kevin Moore	England	CB	1976–1986	400	28
Bert Morley	England	FB	1904–1906	93	3
George Mountain	England	FB	1895 1897–1902	1 151	0 4

N

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Alan Neilson	Wales	CB	2001–2002	8	2
Alf Nelmes	England	WH	1898–1905	219	14
Tom Newey	England	LB	2005–2009	134	4
David Nielsen	Denmark	FW	2000–2001	17	5
Chris Nicholl	England /  Northern Ireland	CB	1983–1984	70	0
Lee Nogan	Wales	FW	1997–1999	73	10

O

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Iffy Onuora	Scotland	FW	2003–2004	19	3
John Oster	Wales	MF	1996–1997 2002–2003	24 17	3 6

P

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Andy Parkinson	England	MF	2004–2006	88	12
Malcolm Partridge	England	FW	1974–1978	138	25
Martin Paterson	Northern Ireland	FW	2006–2007	15	6
Norman Penrose	England	WH	1938–1949	9	0
Thomas Pinault	France	MF	2004–2005	43	7
Cliff Portwood	England	FW	1961–1963	92	35
Alan Pouton	England	MF	1999–2003	121	12
Gerry Priestley	England	MF	1955–1958	110	11
John Priestley	Scotland	WH	1928–1931	139	7
Martin Pringle	Sweden	FW	2002	2	0
Jack Prior	England	MF	1926–1931	160	34

R

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Ron Rafferty	England	FW	1956–1962	264	145
Isaiah Rankin	England	FW	2004 2006–2008	12 37	4 2
Graham Rathbone	England	CB	1966–1972	233	11
Tommy Read	England	GK	1927–1933	247	0
Michael Reddy	Ireland	FW	2004–2007	94	23
Tony Rees	Wales	FW	1989–1993	141	33
Dave Richardson	England	FB	1955–1959	175	1
Thomas Rippon	England	FW	1911–1919	121	37
Nicky Rizzo	Australia	MF	2007	1	0
Neil Robinson	England	FB	1984–1987	109	6
Joe Robson	England	FW	1924–1930	161	123
Graham Rodger	Scotland /  England	CB	1991–1997	146	11
Bobby Ross	Scotland	MF	1965–1970	212	18

S

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Georges Santos	Cape Verde	CB/MF	2002–2003	26	1
Ashley Sestanovich	England /  Croatia /  Grenada	MF	2004–2005	22	2
Reg Scotson	England	WH	1950–1954	164	4
Jackie Scott	Northern Ireland	MF	1956–1962	240	51
Walter Scott	England	GK	1907–1909 1919	80 19	0 0
Max Seeburg	Germany	WH	1911	20	0
Craig Shakespeare	England	MF	1993–1997	106	10
Steve Sherwood	England	GK	1987–1992	183	0
Nicky Southall	England	MF	1995–1997	72	6
David Smith	England	LB	1997–2001	112	9
Martin Spendiff	England	GK	1902–1904 1913–1919	66 57	0 0
Tommy Spink	England	MF	1914–1921	116	3

T

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Graham Taylor	England	FB	1963–1967	189	2
Robert Taylor	England	FW	2002 2002–2003	4 1	1 0
Matt Tees	Scotland	FW	1963–1966 1970–1972	113 83	51 42
Jimmy Thompson	England	FB	1962–1966	156	2
Lee Thorpe	England	FW	2004	6	0
Tony Thorpe	England	FW	2006–2007	6	0
John Thorrington	United States	MF	2004	3	0
Andy Tillson	England	CB	1988–1990 1992	105 4	5 0
Andy Todd	England	CB	2002	12	3
Ciaran Toner	Northern Ireland	MF	2005–2008	96	14
George Tweedy	England	GK	1932–1952	347	0

V

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Ned Vincent	England	FB	1934–1946	144	2

W

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Harry Wainman	England	GK	1964–1977	420	0
Paul Warhurst	England	CB/MF/FW	2004	7	0
Joe Waters	Ireland	MF	1975–1983	357	65
Tommy Watson	England	MF	1987–1995	172	24
Duncan Welbourne	England	FB	1957–1963	130	3
Sidney Wheelhouse	England	FB	1907–1914	234	3
Jimmy Whitehouse	England	GK	1892–1895 1899	110 27	0 0
Justin Whittle	England	CB	2004–2008	131	3
Trevor Whymark	England	FW	1980–1983	93	16
Tommy Widdrington	England	MF	1996–1999	89	8
Joe Widdowson	England	LB	2009–2010	58	1
Clive Wigginton	England	CB	1968–1974 1979–1982	173 122	6 2
Paul Wilkinson	England	FW	1982–1984	71	27
Menno Willems	Netherlands	MF	2000–2002	54	2
Clarrie Williams	England	GK	1952–1959	188	0
Charlie Wilson	England	FB	1923–1932	273	2
Curtis Woodhouse	England	MF	2006	16	1
Neil Woods	England	FW	1990–1997	226	42
Dave Worthington	England	FB	1966–1972	293	14
Charlie Wrack	England	CB	1925–1930	125	2
Darren Wrack	England	MF	1996–1998	13	1
Charlie Wright	Scotland	GK	1962–1965	129	0

Key

• GK — Goalkeeper
• RB — Right back
• LB — Left back
• FB — Fullback
• CB — Centre back
• WH — Wing half
• MF — Midfielder
• FW — Forward

References

• Player database at thefishy.co.uk
• Grimsby Town at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
• Since 1888 – Football league statistics (requires registration)
• Lamming, Douglas (1985). A Who's Who of Grimsby Town AFC 1890–1985. Hutton Press. ISBN   0-907033-34-2.