List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Crewe Alexandra F.C.. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; players who fell just short of the 100 total but made significant contributions to the club's history.

For a list of all Crewe Alexandra players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Crewe Alexandra F.C. players. For player appearance records see List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. records and statistics and for the current squad see the main Crewe Alexandra F.C. article.

List of players

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Name	Nationality	Position	Crewe Alexandra career	Appearances	Goals
Herbert Swindells	England	FW	1927–1937	280	137
Fred Keenor	Wales	CB	1931–1934	123	5
George Gilchrist	England	FB	1934–1946	182	0
Jackie Waring	England	W	1934–1939	170	67
Fred Chandler	England	DF/ST	1937–1947	86	22
Ray Ferris	Northern Ireland	HB	1945–1949	109	23
John Meaney	England	FB	1946–1954	288	31
Tony Waddington	England	FB	1946–1953	178	8
Jack Meaney	England	FB	1947–1954	307	42
Frank Mitcheson	England	ST	1948–1954	199	37
Tom Briggs	England	FB	1949–1956	202	2
Jack Basford	England	ST	1948–1954	154	65
Albert Parker	England	DF	1948–1951	118	0
Bob Young	England	FB	1948–1952	155	2
Peter Ellson	England	GK	1949–1956	234	0
Johnny King	England	ST	1949–1953, 1962–1967	238	60
Danny Smith	Scotland	W	1949–1952	110	15
Jimmy McGuigan	Scotland	W	1950–1956	217	34
Alf Lees	England	CB	1951–1956	192	5
Danny Murphy	England	FB	1951–1954	107	1
Bryan Williams	England	FB	1954–1958	150	6
Jimmy Rolfe	England	W	1955–1958	101	13
Barrie Wheatley	England	FW	1957–1966	272	58
Eric Barnes	England	CB	1958–1969	390	2
Don Campbell	England	DF	1958–1962	170	1
Stan Keery	England	MF/ST	1958–1965	277	24
Kevin McHale	England	W	1958–1970	126	23
Chris Riley	Wales	ST	1958–1964	155	49
Mervyn Jones	Wales	W	1959–1961	98	16
Bert Llewellyn	England	ST	1958–1960	106	58
Billy Haydock	England	ST	1961–1965	152	31
Peter Leigh	England	FB	1961–1972	473	2
Norman Bodell	England	DF	1963–1967	109	2
Frank Lord	England	ST	1961–1963	118	73
Geoff Hickson	England	GK	1962–1968	114	0
Peter Gowans	Scotland	ST	1963–1967	153	47
Willie Mailey	Scotland	GK	1963–1970	238	0
Dave Whelan	England	FB	1963–1966	122	0
Mick Gannon	England	FB	1964–1970	228	2
Keith Stott	England	HB	1964–1970	208	11
Alan Bradshaw	England	MF	1965–1971	323	51
Tommy Lowry	England	FB	1966–1978	482	3
Gordon Wallace	England	FW	1967–1971	103	21
Roy Gater	England	FB	1968–1973	156	5
Ernie Adams	England	GK	1969–1972	122	0
Pat Morrissey	Ireland	ST	1969–1971	104	31
Stan Bowles	England	ST	1970–1971	57	19
Hughen Riley	England	MF	1971–1975	121	9
Geoff Crudgington	England	GK	1972–1977	280	0
Alan Kelley	England	FB	1972–1976	107	0
Gerry Humphreys	Wales	ST	1972–1977	214	30
Phil Nicholls	England	DF	1972–1979	176	8
Ray Lugg	England	MF	1973–1978	202	12
Bernard Purdie	Wales	ST	1973–1979, 1982–1983	255	44
David Davies	Wales	W	1974–1981	209	26
Dennis Nelson	Scotland	ST	1974–1976, 1978–1981	188	34
Paul Bevan	Wales	DF	1975–1980	172	7
Paul Bowles	England	DF	1975–1979	195	17
Warwick Rimmer	England	DF	1975–1979	140	0
Peter Coyne	England	ST	1977–1981	145	49
Danny Bowers	England	FB	1979–1984	175	2
Bruce Grobbelaar	Zimbabwe	GK	1979–1980	24	1
Kevin Lewis	England	FB	1979–1982	122	2
Mark Palios	England	MF	1979–1983	118	23
Bob Scott	England	CB	1979–1986	261	17
Ken Mulhearn	England	GK	1980–1982	95	0
Tony Cliss	England	ST	1982–1986	121	11
Nigel Hart	England	DF	1982–1987	154	11
Dave Waller	England	FW	1982–1986	188	66
Gary Blissett	England	ST	1983–1987, 1996	155	40
Steve Davis	England	DF	1983–1988	145	1
David Pullar	England	W	1983–1987	132	7
Brian Parkin	England	GK	1984–1988	113	0
Geoff Thomas	England	MF	1984–1987, 2001–2002	154	23
Aaron Callaghan	Ireland	DF	1985–1986, 1988–1992	166	6
Chris Cutler	England	ST	1985–1989	156	26
Craig Hignett	England	MF/ST	1985–1992	150	57
John Pemberton	England	DF	1985–1988, 1997–1998	136	2
David Platt	England	ST	1985–1988	148	61
Peter Billing	England	CB	1986–1989, 1996–1997	120	1
Dean Greygoose	England	GK	1987–1993	251	0
Aidan Murphy	England	MF	1987–1992	113	13
Paul Edwards	England	DF	1988–1990	102	6
Rob Edwards	England	DF/MF	1988–1996	198	58
Andy Sussex	England	DF	1988–1991	125	36
Kenny Swain	England	DF	1988–1992	152	1
Paul Fishenden	England	ST	1988–1990	98	31
Mark Gardiner	England	MF/ST	1988–1995	241	42
Dale Jasper	England	MF	1988–1991	134	2
Rob Jones	England	DF	1988–1991	74	2
Dave McKearney	England	MF	1989–1993	108	11
Steve Walters	England	MF	1989–1996	173	11
Darren Carr	England	DF	1990–1993	134	7
Neil Lennon	Northern Ireland	MF	1990–1996	178	16
Tony Naylor	England	ST	1990–1994	153	63
Phil Clarkson	England	MF	1991–1996	122	31
Steve Garvey	England	MF	1991–1998	108	8
Shaun Smith	England	FB	1991–2002	466	52
Gus Wilson	England	FB	1991–1995	115	0
Steve Macauley	England	CB	1992–2002	317	27
Ashley Ward	England	FW	1992–1994	76	34
Gareth Whalley	England	MF	1992–1997, 2002	232	17
Dele Adebola	Nigeria	ST	1993–1998	152	46
Martyn Booty	England	DF	1993–1996	123	6
Wayne Collins	England	MF	1993–1996, 2001–2003	170	19
Mark Gayle	England	GK	1993–1998	103	0
Francis Tierney	England	MF	1993–1998	106	12
Billy Barr	England	DF	1994–1997	100	6
Danny Murphy	England	MF	1994–1997, 1999	176	33
Mark Rivers	England	FW	1994–2001, 2004–2006	295	69
Robbie Savage	Wales	MF	1994–1997	93	11
Lee Unsworth	England	DF	1995–2000	153	2
Ashley Westwood	England	DF	1995–1998	125	11
Ademola Bankole	Nigeria	GK	1996–1998, 2000–2004	70	0
Phil Charnock	England	MF	1996–2002	183	8
Seth Johnson	England	DF/MF	1996–1999	102	6
Jason Kearton	Australia	GK	1996–2001	220	0
Chris Lightfoot	England	DF	1996–2001	98	5
Colin Little	England	ST	1996–2003	220	45
Marcus Bignot	England	DF	1997–2000	106	0
Stephen Foster	England	CB	1997–2006	242	18
Kenny Lunt	England	MF	1997–2006, 2008	436	37
Dave Walton	England	CB	1997–2003	171	3
David Wright	England	RB	1997–2004	240	3
Rodney Jack	St. Vincent	FW	1998–2003, 2006–2007	221	45
Jermaine Wright	England	DF/MF	1998–1999	55	5
Rob Hulse	England	ST	1999–2003	131	51
Clayton Ince	Trinidad and Tobago	GK	1999–2005	137	0
Neil Sorvel	England	MF	1999–2005	283	13
Richard Walker	England	CB	1999–2006	115	7
Dean Ashton	England	ST	2000–2005	177	74
Chris McCready	England	DF	2000–2006, 2007–2009	123	2
Efe Sodje	Nigeria	DF	2000–2003	116	4
David Vaughan	Wales	MF	2000–2007	209	20
Dave Brammer	England	MF	2001–2004	103	6
Steve Jones	Northern Ireland	FW	2001–2006, 2008	177	46
Ben Rix	England	MF	2001–2009	159	6
Lee Bell	England	MF	2002–2008, 2010–2012	148	5
Billy Jones	England	DF/MF	2003–2007	143	9
Luke Varney	England	ST	2003–2007	108	35
Gary Roberts	England	MF	2004–2008	131	11
Ben Williams	England	GK	2004–2008	148	0
Nicky Maynard	England	ST	2005–2008	59	37
Julien Baudet	France	DF	2006–2009	127	2
Adam Dugdale	England	DF	2006–2007, 2010–2015	143	6
Shaun Miller	England	ST	2006–2012	179	43
Danny O'Donnell	England	DF	2006–2010	117	4
Byron Moore	England	FW	2007–2014	297	33
Clayton Donaldson	England	ST	2008–2011	130	49
Joel Grant	Jamaica	MF	2008–2011	106	18
Luke Murphy	England	MF	2008–2013	186	25
Ashley Westwood	England	MF	2009–2012	133	15
Harry Davis	England	DF	2009–	172	11
AJ Leitch-Smith	England	FW	2009–2014	122	21
Steve Phillips	England	GK	2009–2014	122	0
Matt Tootle	England	DF	2009–2015	224	3
Oliver Turton	England	DF	2009–	104	2
Bradden Inman	Australia	MF	2012–	105	17

References

Books

• Hornbrook, Jules (2012): She Wore A Scarlet Ribbon. MPire Books.