List of Tranmere Rovers F.C. players (1921–1939)

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Tranmere in 1921, including Johnny Campbell, Jimmy Moreton and Tommy Stuart Tranmere Rovers 27 August 1921.jpg
Tranmere in 1921, including Johnny Campbell, Jimmy Moreton and Tommy Stuart

Tranmere Rovers Football Club is an English association football club based in Birkenhead, Wirral. Founded in 1884, they played their first games under the name Belmont F.C.; in 1885, before the start of their second season, they adopted the name Tranmere Rovers. [2] In 1889, Tranmere entered the West Lancashire League, and progressed through the Combination, the Lancashire Combination and the Central League. [3] On 27 August 1921, as founder members of Division Three North, [4] they won their first Football League match 4–1 against Crewe Alexandra at Prenton Park. [2] Tranmere have played in the Football League ever since, with the exception of 1939–1946, when competitive football was suspended due to the Second World War. Their highest league finish was fourth in the First Division which, at the time, was the second tier of the league pyramid, in the 1992–93 season. [5] [6]

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Players

This list contains players who have appeared in nationally organised first-team competition for Tranmere from 1921 until the Second World War. It includes first-team appearances and goals in the Football League, the FA Cup and the Third Division North Cup. Appearances and goals in other competitions or non-competitive matches are not included. Statistics from the three games in the 1939–40 Football League season abandoned because of the Second World War have been expunged from the records and are not included. [7] Players that also represented the club after the war are instead at List of post-war Tranmere Rovers F.C. players.

Jimmy Moreton joined in 1910, and went on to manage the team. Jimmy Moreton PD-US-1923-abroad.jpg
Jimmy Moreton joined in 1910, and went on to manage the team.
Tommy Stuart was Rovers' regular left back between 1921 and 1927. Tommy Stuart.jpg
Tommy Stuart was Rovers' regular left back between 1921 and 1927.
List of pre-war players
NamePosition [note 1] YearsAppearances [note 2] GKoalsInternational [note 3]
Edward Adams FW1929–193371–
Edward Alcock FW1935–193651–
John Almond FW1936–1937235–
Charlie Amery FB1935–1938490–
Horace Baker FW1934–19362512–
Edmund Baldwin FW1921–192210–
Jack Bamber HB1927–1930892Flag of England.svg  England [12]
Teddy Barton HB1925–19352575–
Fred Bedford FW1927–192832–
Bunny Bell FW1930–1936127113–
Sammy Beswick FW1922–19297333–
Harry Bevan FW1927–192832–
Danny Birtles FW1924–1925110–
William Bowen FW1929–193030–
George Bradshaw FB1935–193650–
Harry Bradshaw GK1921–1923610–
Arthur Briggs GK1924–19322460–
Jack Brown FW1923–19255113Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland
Samuel Brown FW1933–1935132–
Tom Buchan HB1923–1924390–
Ted BuckleyFW1937–19393814–
Denis Bullough FW1921–1922117–
Meynell Burgin FW1934–19353223–
Wilf Burrows GK1926–1931490–
Charles Butler FW1936–193710–
Johnny Campbell HB1914–192920411–
Joseph Carter FW1936–193761–
Arthur Carvell FB1932–1933110–
James Cassidy FW1937–19395510–
Billy Chalmers FW1925–1926254–
Billy Charlton FW1925–193013774–
Frank Checkland HB1923–1925180–
Ted Chiverton HB1932–193570–
Archie Clark HB1935–19391081–
Bill Conner FB1930–193120–
Fred Cook FW1921–1923212–
George Cook FB1931–1932212–
Billy Crewe HB1924–1925210–
Arthur Crompton HB1935–1936144–
Reg Cropper FW1929–1930184–
George Crowther FW1922–1923102–
Vic Crutchley FB1930–193110–
Charlie Cunningham FW1921–1922346–
Jack Curnow GK1937–1939590–
Charlie Curtis HB1935–1936280–
Dickie Dale HB1931–1932100–
Ernie Davies HB1936–1938481–
Samuel Davis FB1925–192650–
Thomas Davis FW1937–1938117 Flag of Ireland.svg   Ireland (FAI)
Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg   Ireland (IFA) [note 4]
Frank Dawson FB1933–1936830–
Alf Day HB1938–1939330–
Dixie Dean FW1923–19253327–
Ronnie Dellow FW1935–193911031–
Ernie Dixon FW1930–19339259–
Stanley Docking FW1938–1939317–
Ernie DoddFB1933–1937160–
Stan Duff FW1937–1938103–
Billy Eden FW1934–193914631–
William Edwards HB1936–193710–
Herbie Evans HB1926–1928460–
Jabez Evans FW1922–1925485–
Peter Fairclough HB1921–192280–
Dick Fairhurst FB1935–1937370–
Bert Fishwick FW1930–1934939–
Jack Flanagan FW1926–19296743–
George Flowers HB1937–1939451–
Billy Fogg FW1924–1926226–
John Ford FW1921–1922154–
Allen Forshaw FB1921–192210–
Arthur Forshaw FW1932–193310–
William Foster FW1936–193710–
Nathan Fraser FW1938–193910–
Winston Frost GK1936–193710–
David Fulton FW1921–192283–
Francis Gill GK1922–1923180–
William Glasper HB1933–1935214–
John Grainger FB1921–192210–
Albert Gray GK1931–19362130Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Robert Gray HB1927–192941–
Joe Griffiths FW1924–192580–
John GriffithsFW1936–1939181–
Fred Groves FW1921–1922127–
Alf Hagan FW1926–1927120–
Fred Halstead HB1922–1925892–
Herbert Hamilton FB1937–1939541–
Andrew Hawarden HB1922–1924210–
Charlie Hayes FB1921–1924260–
Fred Hayes FW1922–1924111–
John Hayes FW1922–192430–
Ernie Henshaw FW1931–193210–
Tom Heslop HB1921–192280–
Bert Heywood FW1934–193591–
Reginald Hill HB1932–193310–
Harold Hilton FW1921–1924535–
Samuel Hopkinson HB1935–1936110–
Thomas Hughes FW1921–192230–
Robert Hunt FW1933–1934102–
James Hyam FW1921–192210–
Archie Jackson HB1928–1930410–
Bob Jackson FW1924–192561–
George Jackson FB1923–19301140–
William Jackson FB1936–193770–
Bert Jeffes HB1924–1925160–
John Johnson HB1925–192620–
Gwyn Jones FB1938–1939170–
Ossie Jones FW1936–19385913–
Robert Jones FB1932–193320–
Tommy Jones FW1926–19299228–
Sidney Kearney FW1937–193992–
Jack Kearns FB1938–1939221–
Charles Kelly FW1927–192810–
Andy Kennedy FB1930–1931380–
Jack Kennedy FW1930–19326745–
John Kimberley FW1922–192320–
Herbert King (footballer) FW1937–1938165–
Harry Kitching FW1931–193250–
Rex Leary HB1922–192450–
Alex Leslie HB1925–1926140–
George Lewins FB1930–1932340–
Cyril Lewis FW1932–193380–
Ginger Lewis HB1925–193428810Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Joseph Lewis FB1923–1925110–
Norman Lewis GK1936–1939610–
Harry Littlehales FW1923–193217352–
Duggie Livingstone FB1930–1933950–
Evan Lloyd FW1921–1922110–
John Lomax FW1922–192352–
Willy MacDonald FW1934–19358920–
William Mackay FW1933–193471–
Emlyn Maddocks FW1936–193720–
Cyril Maher FW1936–193710–
Bill Major HB1934–1937100–
Fred Marquis FW1925–19277433–
Vince Matthews HB1925–1927883–
John Mayson FW1937–193892–
Joe McGrae HB1925–192680–
Hugh McLaren HB1935–1937494–
Tom McMurray FW1932–1933294–
Bob Meacock HB1933–1935624–
Joe Mercer HB1921–1922181–
Sammy Meston FW1929–193211531–
Alforth Miller FW1935–1937301–
William Miller FW1938–1939121–
Charles Milnes HB1921–1922162–
Frank Mitchell GK1923–1925630–
Patrick Moore HB1930–193140–
George Moorhouse HB1921–192220Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Jimmy Moreton FW1910–192615912–
Bill Murphy FW1930–193130–
Tommy Naylor FB1924–1931852–
Percy Newton HB1934–1936640–
James Niven FB1921–1922170–
John O'Connor FW1927–192820–
Alf Obrey HB1938–1939170–
Arthur Owen FB1936–1939110–
Billy Owen FW1935–193664–
Tich Pearson MF1932–1934331–
James Pennington FW1933–193421–
Frank Perfect FB1937–1939160–
Ernest Phillips HB1922–1923191–
Dick Platt FB1932–19371890–
Thomas Poskett GK1935–1937240–
John Prentice FW1921–1922255–
Norman Proctor FW1925–19275914–
Billy Rainford FW1921–1923226–
Archie Ratcliffe FW1922–192320–
Percy Richards FW1928–192951–
Bill Ridding FW1928–1930, 1935–19362013–
John Ridgway FB1928–192920–
Ellis Rimmer FW1924–19286622–
Billy Roberts FW1925–192661–
Gerald Roberts FB1932–193320–
James Roberts FW1921–1922341–
William Robertson FW1936–193710–
Alfred Robinson FW1921–192240–
James Robinson FW1922–192481–
William Roper GK1932–193530–
Peter Rothwell FW1923–192590–
Reginald Rowles FB1931–193220–
Jack Roy FW1938–1939212–
Edward Rutter HB1924–1925150–
Stan Sayer FW1922–19258733–
George Sewell HB1922–1923350–
Bernard Sharkey FW1922–1923233–
Alex Sharp HB1930–193130–
Bert Shears HB1930–1931290–
Harold Sherlock GK1936–193710–
George Smith FW1924–1926370–
Reg Smith FW1938–193910–
William Smith FW1938–193910–
James Spence FB1930–193120–
Reg Spencer HB1931–19392563–
Teddy Spencer FW1932–1934174–
Tom Stott FW1921–192210–
Tom Stuart FB1921–192820513–
Arthur Sugden FB1921–192340–
Ernest Temple GK1932–1933, 1936–193720–
Percy Thirkell FB1925–19301840–
Robert Thomas FW1938–193991–
William Thomas HB1933–193470–
Bob Thompson FB1922–1923365–
Robert Thompson FW1926–192710–
Robert Tong FW1932–193471–
Harry Travis FW1938–1939143–
Charles Tucker GK1936–193710–
Fred Urmson FW1927–1936333107–
Edgar Walkden HB1937–1939220–
Pongo Waring FW1927–1928, 1936–193910567Flag of England.svg  England
Emerys Warren FB1933–193590–
Gillie Wassell FB1937–1939652–
Archie Waterston FW1929–19303219–
Jack Watson HB1933–193651–
Farewell Watts FW1929–193412860–
Bob White FW1925–19274716–
Bert Whitehurst FW1931–19349035–
Crawford Whyte FB1936–1937120–
Leslie Wilde GK1923–192410–
Edward Winn HB1921–192210–
Albert Wood FW1936–19373911–
Billy Woodward FW1933–193611044–
Wilf Yates FB1926–1929970–

Notes

  1. ↑ Positions are listed according to the tactical formation that were employed until the 1960s.
  2. ↑ All statistics sourced from Upton; Wilson; Bishop (2009) [10] which does not include FA Cup appearances prior to 1921. [7]
  3. ↑ If a player received an international first-team cap, the country or countries he represented are shown. [11]
  4. ↑ Between 1926 and 1950, two competing teams represented the island of Ireland – the FAI and the IFA. [13] [14] Davis was a dual international who played for both teams. [15]

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  6. ↑ Felton, Paul. "Season 1992–93". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
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  12. ↑ Courtney, Barrie (21 March 2004). "England – International Results 1920–1929". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  13. ↑ Byrne, Peter (1996). Football Association of Ireland: 75 years. Dublin: Sportsworld. p. 59. ISBN   1-900110-06-7.
  14. ↑ Ryan, Sean (1997). The Boys in Green: the FAI international story. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 31. ISBN   1-85158-939-2.
  15. ↑ Mamrud, Roberto (15 July 2011). "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
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