100 English Football Legends
Posted: Tuesday August 04, 1998 11:46 AM
LONDON (AP) -- List of 100 Legends of soccer announced Tuesday by
the Football League (player listed chronologically with English
clubs played for):
Billy Bassett (West Bromwich Albion 1888-1900)
Archie Hunter (Aston Villa 1888-1891)
John Goodall (Preston, Derby, New Brighton, Glossop 1888-1904)
Steve Bloomer (Derby, Middlesbrough 1892-1915)
Billy Meredith (Northwich Victoria, Manchester City, Manchester United 1893-1925)
Bob Crompton (Blackburn 1896-1921)
Billy Foulke(Sheffield United, Chelsea, Bradford 1894-1908)
Alf Common (Sunderland, Sheffield United, Middlesbrough, Arsenal, Preston 1900-1915)
Sam Hardy (Chesterfield, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest 1902-1926)
Bill McCracken (Newcastle 1904-1924)
Viv Woodward (Tottenham, Chelsea 1908-1915)
Clem Stephenson (Aston Villa, Huddersfield 1910-1930)
Charles Buchan (Sunderland, Arsenal 1910-1929)
Elisha Scott (Liverpool 1912-1934)
Dixie Dean (Tranmere, Everton, Notts County 1923-1939)
George Camsell (Durham, Middlesbrough 1924 1939)
Hughie Gallagher (Newcastle, Chelsea, Derby, Notts County, Grimsby, Gateshead 1925-1939)
Harry Hibbs (Birmingham, Bristol City 1925 1939)
Alex James (Preston, Arsenal 1925-1938)
Eddie Hapgood (Arsenal 1927-1939)
Cliff Bastin (Exeter, Arsenal 1927-1948)
Wilf Copping (Leeds, Arsenal 1930-1939)
David Jack (Plymouth, Bolton, Arsenal 1930 1935)
Stanley Matthews (Stoke, Blackpool 1931-1966)
Ted Drake (Southampton, Arsenal 1931-1939)
Joe Mercer (Everton, Arsenal 1932-1954)
Raich Carter (Sunderland, Derby, Hull 1932 1953)
Peter Doherty (Blackpool, Manchester City, Derby, Huddersfield, Doncaster 1933-1954)
Frank Swift (Manchester City 1933-1951)
Tommy Lawton (Burnley, Everton, Chelsea, Notts County, Brentford, Arsenal 1935-1957)
Wilf Mannion (Middlesbrough, Hull 1936-1956)
George Hardwick (Middlesbrough, Oldham 1937 1956)
Johnny Carey (Manchester United 1937-1954)
Stan Mortensen (Blackpool, Hull, Southport 1938-1958)
Neil Franklin (Stoke, Hull, Crewe, Stockport 1946-1958)
Trevor Ford (Swansea, Aston Villa, Sunderland, Cardiff, Newport 1946-1961)
Nat Lofthouse (Bolton 1946-1961)
Tom Finney (Preston 1946-1960)
Alf Ramsey (Southampton, Tottenham 1946-1955)
Len Shackleton (Bradford Park Avenue, Newcastle, Sunderland (1946-1958)
Jim Dickinson (Portsmouth 1946-1965)
Arthur Rowley (West Bromwich Albion, Fulham, Leicester, Shrewsbury 1946-1965)
Billy Liddell (Liverpool 1946-1961)
Billy Wright (Wolves 1946-1959)
Jackie Milburn (Newcastle 1946-1957)
John Charles (Leeds, Cardiff 1948-1966)
Ivor Allchurch (Swansea, Newport, Cardiff 1948-1968)
Danny Blanchflower (Barnsley, Aston Villa, Tottenham 1948-1964)
Bert Trautmann (Manchester City 1949-1964)
Jimmy McIlroy (Burnley, Stoke, Oldham 1950 1968)
Tommy Taylor (Barnsley, Manchester United 1950-1958)
Cliff Jones (Swansea, Tottenham, Fulham 1952 1970)
Johnny Haynes (Fulham 1952-1970)
Duncan Edwars (Manchester United 1953-1958)
Jimmy Armfield (Blackpool 1954-1971)
Terry Paine (Southampton, Hereford 1956-1977)
Bobby Charlton (Manchester United, Preston (1956-1975)
Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea, Tottenham, West Ham 1957-1971)
Denis Law (Huddersfield, Manchester City, Manchester United 1956-1974)
Gordon Banks (Chesterfield, Leicester, Stoke 1958-1973)
Dave Mackay (Tottenham, Derby, Swindon 1958 1972)
Bobby Moore (West Ham, Fulham 1958-1977)
Alan Mullery (Fulham, Tottenham 1958-1976)
Geoff Hurst (West Ham, Stoke, West Bromwich Albion 1959-1976)
Nobby Stiles (Manchester United, iddlesbrough, Preston 1959-1974)
Johnny Giles (Manchester United, Leeds, West Bromwich Albion 1959-1977)
Billy Bremner (Leeds, Hull, Doncaster 1959 1982)
Frank McLintock (Leicester, Arsenal, Queens Park Rangers 1959-1977)
Alec Young (Everton, Stockport 1960-1969)
Martin Peters (West Ham, Tottenham, Norwich, Sheffield United 1960-1981)
Tommy Smith (Liverpool, Swansea 1962-1979)
Norman Hunter (Leeds, Bristol City, Barnsley 1962-1983)
Pat Jennings (Watford, Tottenham, Arsenal 1962-1985)
Alan Ball (Blackpool, Everton, Arsenal, outhampton, Bristol Rovers 1962-1984)
Colin Bell (Bury, Manchester City 1963-1979)
George Best (Manchester United, Stockport, Fulham, Bournemouth 1963-1983)
Peter Shilton (Leicester, Stockport, Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Derby, Plymouth, Bolton, Leyton Orient 1965-1997)
Ray Clemence (Scunthorpe, Liverpool, Tottenham 1965-1988)
Malcolm Macdonald (Fulham, Luton, Newcastle, Arsenal 1968-1977)
Kevin Keegan (Scunthorpe, Liverpool, Southampton, Newcastle 1968-1984)
Trevor Francis (Birmingham, Nottingham Forest, Manchester City, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday 1970-1995)
Graeme Souness (Middlesbrough, Liverpool 1972-1984)
Liam Brady (Arsenal, West Ham 1973-1990)
Glenn Hoddle (Tottenham, Swindon, Chelsea 1974-1996)
Bryan Robson (West Bromwich Albion, Manchestr United, Middlesbrough 1974-1997)
Alan Hansen (Liverpool 1977-1990)
Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool 1977-1990)
Gary Lineker (Leicester, Eveton, Tottenham 1978-1993)
Ian Rush (Chester, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle 1978-1998)
Osvaldo Ardiles (Tottenham, Blackburn, Queens Park Rangers, Swindon 1978-1990)
Neville Southall (Bury, Port Vale, Everton, Stoke 1980-1998)
Paul McGrath (Manchester United, Aston Villa, Derby 1981-1998)
John Barnes (Watford, Liverpool, Newcastle 1981-1998)
Tony Adams (Arsenal 1983-1998)
Paul Gascoigne (Newcastle, Tottenham, Middlesbrough 1984-1998)
Alan Shearer (Southampton, Blackburn, Newcastle 1987-1998)
Ryan Giggs (Manchester United 1990-1998)
Eric Cantona (Leeds, Manchester United 1991 1997)
Peter Schmeichel (Manchester United 1991-1998)
Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal 1995-1998)
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