List of Coventry City F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Coventry City F.C. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club. Other players who have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason for their notability should be stated in the 'Notes' column.

For a list of all Coventry City players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Coventry City F.C. players, and for the current squad see the main Coventry City F.C. article.

Explanation of List

Players should be listed in chronological order according to the year in which they first played for the club, and then by alphabetical order of their surname. Appearances and goals should include substitute appearances, but exclude wartime matches. Further information on competitions/seasons which are regarded as eligible for appearance stats are provided below, and if a player's data is not available for any of these competitions an appropriate note should be added to the table.

League appearances/goals

• Southern League: (1908–09 to 1914–15)
• Football League / Premier League: (1919–20 to present)

Total appearances/goals

The figures for total appearances/goals should include the League figures together with the following competitions:

• FA Cup (1895–96 to present)
• Football League Cup (1960–61 to present)
• Football League Trophy (2012–13 to 2019–20)
• Football League Third Division South Cup (1933–34 to 1935–36)
• Full Members Cup (1985–86 to 1991–92)
• Fairs Cup (1970–71)
• Texaco Cup (1971–72 to 1973–74)
• FA Charity Shield (1987–88)

List of players

Correct as of match on 7 March 2020.

  Coventry City F.C. Hall of Fame inductee[1][2]

Nat	Name	Position	Coventry career	League apps	League goals	Total apps	Total goals	References
	Fred Chaplin	MF	1907–1912	127	1	149	2	[3]
	Harold Parkes	FW	1907–1914	161	35	171	38	[4]
	Harold Redmond Buckle	FW	1908–1911	113	43	126	46	[5]
	Dick Barnacle	DF	1908–1915	129	1	139	1	[6]
	Bob Evans	GK	1909–1913	127	0	139	0	[7]
	Jimmy Dougall	FW	1919–1926	226	14	236	14	[8]
	Jerry Best	GK	1920–1926	224	0	235	0	[9]
	Frederick Herbert	FW	1922–1929	188	82	199	85	[10]
	William Lake	FW	1928–1939	226	113	245	123	[11]
	Jimmy Baker	MF	1929–1932, 1933–1935	182	11	196	15	[12]
	Clarrie Bourton	FW	1931–1937	228	173	241	182	[13]
	Jock Lauderdale	FW	1931–1937	171	60	182	63	[14]
	George Mason	DF	1931–1952	330	7	350	9	[15]
	Billy Frith	MF	1932–1939, 1946–1947	163	4	171	4	[16]
	Leslie Jones	FW	1934–1937	139	69	145	73	[17]
	Alf Wood	GK	1935–1951, 1955–1959	234	0	246	0
	Jack Astley	DF	1936–1939	140	0	145	0	[18]
	Ted Roberts	FW	1936–1952	211	85	222	87	[19]
	Harry Barratt	DF	1937–1952	169	12	177	13	[20]
	Dick Mason	DF	1946–1954	252	1	262	1	[21]
	Peter Murphy	FW	1946–1950	113	36	118	36	[22]
	Norman Lockhart	FW	1947–1952	181	41	188	44	[23]
	Peter Hill	FW	1948–1962	285	75	303	77	[24]
	Reg Matthews	GK	1950–1956	111	0	116	0
	Roy Kirk	DF	1951–1960	330	6	345	7	[25]
	John Austin	DF	1952–1963	302	2	313	2	[26]
	George Curtis	DF	1955–1969	487	11	538	13	[27]
	Frank Kletzenbauer	DF	1956–1964	122	3	132	3	[28][29]
	Brian Hill	DF	1957–1971	246	12	284	13	[30]
	Ray Straw	FW	1957–1961	143	79	152	85	[31]
	Mick Kearns	DF	1957–1968	344	14	382	16	[32]
	Arthur Lightening	GK	1958–1963	153	0	163	0	[33]
	Ron Farmer	MF	1958–1968	281	47	311	52	[34]
	Dietmar Bruck	DF	1961–1970	189	7	217	8	[35]
	George Hudson	FW	1962–1966	113	62	129	75	[36]
	Ken Hale	FW	1962–1966	99	27	111	33	[37]
	Ronnie Rees	MF	1962–1968	230	42	262	52
	Ernie Machin	MF	1963–1972	257	33	289	39
	Dave Clements	MF	1964–1971	230	26	257	29	[38]
	Bill Glazier	GK	1964–1975	346	0	395	0
	Ian Gibson	MF	1966–1970	93	13	101	14
	Mick Coop	DF	1966–1981	425	18	492	22	[39]
	Willie Carr	MF	1967–1975	252	33	280	36
	Neil Martin	FW	1968–1971	106	40	122	45	[40]
	Jeff Blockley	DF	1968–1972	146	6	161	8	[41]
	Ernie Hunt	FW	1968–1973	146	45	166	51
	Dennis Mortimer	MF	1969–1975	193	10	215	10	[42]
	Brian Alderson	MF	1970–1975	127	29	153	41	[43]
	Wilf Smith	DF	1970–1975	135	1	153	2	[44]
	Jimmy Holmes	DF	1970–1977	128	6	150	6	[45]
	Mick Ferguson	FW	1971–1981, 1984	134	54	141	57
	Tommy Hutchison	MF	1972–1981	314	24	355	30
	Jim Blyth	GK	1972–1982	151	0	174	0	[46]
	David Cross	FW	1973–1976	103	32	118	38	[47]
	John Craven	MF	1973–1977	89	8	108	8	[48]
	Harry Roberts	DF	1974–1984	215	1	249	2	[49]
	Barry Powell	MF	1975–1979	164	27	179	29	[50]
	Bobby McDonald	DF	1976–1981	161	14	180	15	[51]
	Terry Yorath	MF	1976–1979	99	3	108	3	[52]
	Les Sealey	GK	1976–1983, 1992	160	0	179	0	[53]
	Ian Wallace	FW	1976–1980	130	58	138	60
	Garry Thompson	FW	1977–1983	134	38	159	49	[54]
	Jim Holton	DF	1977–1981	91	0	100	1	[55]
	Andy Blair	MF	1978–1981	93	6	112	9	[56]
	Stephen Hunt	MF	1978–1984	185	27	215	34	[57]
	Paul Dyson	DF	1978–1983	140	5	165	5	[58]
	Gary Gillespie	DF	1978–1983, 1994–1997	175	6	205	6
	Mark Hateley	FW	1978–1983	93	25	113	34
	Danny Thomas	DF	1979–1983	98	4	123	6
	Gerry Daly	MF	1980–1984	84	19	101	22	[59]
	Lloyd McGrath	MF	1982–1994	214	4	253	5	[60]
	Micky Gynn	MF	1983–1993	241	32	285	43	[61]
	Dave Bennett	MF	1983–1989	172	25	201	33	[62]
	Terry Gibson	FW	1983–1986	98	43	113	52
	Trevor Peake	DF	1983–1991	278	6	336	7
	Brian Kilcline	DF	1984–1991	173	28	218	35
	Steve Ogrizovic	GK	1984–2000	507	1	601	1	[12][63]
	Cyrille Regis	FW	1984–1991	238	47	283	62
	Greg Downs	DF	1985–1990	146	4	175	7	[64]
	Brian Borrows	DF	1985–1997	409	11	477	13
	David Phillips	MF	1986–1989	100	8	117	9
	David Smith	MF	1986–1993	154	18	177	18
	David Speedie	FW	1987–1991	122	31	141	34	[65]
	Kevin Gallacher	FW	1990–1993	100	28	115	35
	Peter Atherton	DF	1991–1994	114	0	120	0	[66]
	Sean Flynn	MF	1991–1995	97	9	105	10
	Peter Ndlovu	FW	1991–1997	176	39	196	43
	Dion Dublin	FW	1994–1998	145	61	170	72	[67][68]
	Marcus Hall	DF	1994–2002, 2005–2010	270	2	308	4
	David Burrows	DF	1995–2000	111	0	130	0
	Richard Shaw	DF	1995–2006	317	1	362	1	[69][70]
	Paul Telfer	MF	1995–2001	191	6	227	12
	Noel Whelan	FW	1995–2000	133	31	155	39
	Paul Williams	DF	1995–2001	169	5	199	6
	Darren Huckerby	FW	1996–1999	94	28	109	34
	Gary McAllister	MF	1996–2000, 2002–2004	174	30	200	38	[71]
	Gary Breen	DF	1997–2002	146	2	171	2
	Magnus Hedman	GK	1997–2002	134	0	151	0
	Gary McSheffrey	FW	1998–2006, 2010–2013	247	61	281	72	[72]
	Youssef Chippo	MF	1999–2003	122	6	132	10
	Muhamed Konjić	DF	1999–2004	138	4	155	4
	Dele Adebola	FW	2003–2008	163	31	182	36
	Michael Doyle	MF	2003–2011, 2017–2019	334^[A]	26	380^[A]	29
	Andy Morrell	FW	2003–2006	98	17	111	19
	Isaac Osbourne	MF	2003–2011	122	0	135	0
	Andy Whing	DF	2003–2007	106	2	119	2
	Stephen Hughes	MF	2004–2008	133	6	144	8
	Jay Tabb	MF	2006–2009	95	11	104	12	[12]
	Elliott Ward	DF	2006–2010	116	14	126	16
	Leon Best	FW	2007–2010	92	19	104	23
	Freddy Eastwood	FW	2008–2012	113	17	124	18
	Aron Gunnarsson	MF	2008–2011	122	6	133	7
	Clinton Morrison	FW	2008–2010	91	21	101	23
	Keiren Westwood	GK	2008–2011	131	0	138	0
	Jordan Clarke	DF	2008–2015	125	4	144	4	[73]
	Martin Cranie	DF	2009–2012	114	1	120	1
	Richard Wood	DF	2009–2013	117	8	134	9
	Sammy Clingan	MF	2009–2012	98	7	100	7
	Carl Baker	MF	2010–2014, 2018	160	21	182	28
	Cyrus Christie	DF	2010–2014	102	3	119	4
	Conor Thomas	MF	2010–2016	99	1	116	1
	Joe Murphy	GK	2011–2014	137	0	156	0
	Jordan Willis	DF	2011–2019	181^[B]	5	208^[B]	8
	Lee Burge	GK	2011–2019	143^[A]	0	160^[A]	0
	John Fleck	MF	2012–2016	162	8	182	8
	Jordan Shipley	MF	2016–	98^[A]	13	121^[A]	16
	Liam Kelly	MF	2017–	93^[A]	1	107^[A]	1
	Dominic Hyam	DF	2017–	84^[A]	3	100^[A]	3

Footnotes

A. ^ Doyle, Burge, Shipley, Kelly, Hyam's numbers include 3 appearances in English Football League play-offs matches.

B. ^ Willis' numbers include 2 appearances in English Football League play-offs matches.

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