List of Torquay United F.C. players

Torquay United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Torquay, Devon. This is a list of players who have made 100 or more competitive appearances for Torquay United. It includes all competitive first-team matches since the club was elected into the Football League in 1927, but does not include appearances made in Wartime Leagues or local cup competitions such as the Devon Bowl. Substitute appearances are included.

History

After joining the Football League in 1927, the first player to make 100 appearances for Torquay United was Bob Smith. The former Plymouth Argyle left-half joined Torquay in 1928 and reached the century milestone in January 1931, narrowly beating full-back Jack Fowler to the honor by a few weeks. Despite this, Fowler would eventually overtake Smith and set the Torquay appearance record at 190 in 1934. However, the player with the most pre-War appearances for Torquay was Albert Hutchinson. Beginning his career as a forward, Hutchinson eventually played at every position for Torquay (including the goalkeeper) before the Football League was abandoned in September 1939, by which point he had notched up 338 appearances for the club.

Hutchinson's record was eventually broken by winger Ron Shaw in 1955, closely followed by wing-half Dennis Lewis. Lewis eventually overtook Shaw and retired in 1958 having set a record of 473 appearances which stood for almost 50 years. 1958 was also the year in which Sammy Collins set the club's goalscoring record at 219, a total which has yet to be surpassed. In the 1960s, Tommy Northcott came closest to matching both records with 150 goals in 443 games, while defender Ian Twitchin joined the elite band of players to make 400 appearances for United in 1980.

Dennis Lewis's record was eventually broken by Kevin Hill in 2008 when he came on as a late substitute in the FA Trophy Final to make his 474th and final appearance for Torquay. The current player with the most appearances for Torquay United is Lee Mansell, while Eunan O'Kane is the latest player to make 100 appearances for the club.

Players with 100 or more appearances

Statistics correct as of 3 May 2014. Players marked in bold are still playing for the club.

Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Name	Nationality	Position	Torquay career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Jack Fowler	England	DF	1928–1934	190	11	[1]
Bob Smith	England	MF	1928–1932	147	3	[2]
Harry Waller	England	FW	1928–1932	122	24	[3]
Albert Hutchinson	England	FW	1930–1939	338	84	[4]
George Stabb	England	FW	1931–1934	103	48	[2]
Lew Tapp	England	DF	1931–1937	171	0	[2]
Percy Maggs	England	GK	1932–1939	223	0	[5]
Leslie Lievesley	England	DF	1933–1937	144	5	[5]
Jack Jones	Wales	MF	1934–1938	170	8	[6]
Morton Morgan	Wales	FW	1934–1937	133	26	[5]
Fred Beedall	England	FW	1934–1938	132	21	[7]
Phil Joslin	England	GK	1936–1948	149	0	[6]
Bert Head	England	DF	1936–1950	242	6	[4]
Ralph Calland	England	DF	1946–1953	222	13	[8]
Jack Conley	England	FW	1946–1950	168	74	[8]
Bill Towers	England	DF	1946–1955	292	0	[3]
Ron Shaw	England	MF	1946–1958	412	106	[9]
Dennis Lewis	Wales	MF	1947–1958	473	33	[5]
Hugh Cameron	Scotland	FW	1948–1951	127	21	[8]
Sammy Collins	England	FW	1948–1958	379	219	[8]
Dave Topping	Scotland	DF	1948–1952	158	3	[3]
Tommy Northcott	England	FW	1949–1952 1957–1966	443	150	[10]
Don Mills	England	FW	1949 1952–1962	367	84	[5]
George Webber	Wales	GK	1950–1954	123	0	[3]
Eric Webber	England	DF	1951–1955	159	0	[2]
Griff Norman	Wales	MF	1952–1958	234	6	[10]
Harold Dobbie	England	FW	1953–1957	119	48	[11]
Graham Bond	England	FW	1953–1962	142	54	[7]
Harry Smith	England	DF	1953–1961	202	1	[2]
John V. Smith	England	DF	1954–1960	179	0	[2]
George Northcott	England	DF	1954–1962	172	2	[10]
John James	England	FW	1955–1961	134	11	[4]
Mervyn Gill	England	GK	1956–1962	174	0	[1]
Colin Bettany	England	DF	1957–1966	361	4	[7]
Ernie Pym	England	MF	1957–1965	307	94	[9]
Larry Baxter	England	MF	1957–1962	181	22	[7]
Geoff Cox	England	MF	1957–1967	286	68	[11]
Alan Smith	England	DF	1957–1968	303	3	[2]
Dave Hancock	England	MF	1959–1963	188	14	[1]
Terry Adlington	England	GK	1962–1965	164	1	[7]
George Allen	England	DF	1962–1965	146	0	[7]
Robin Stubbs	England	FW	1963–1969 1972–1973	263	133	[2]
John Benson	Scotland	DF	1964–1970	265	8	[7]
Doug Clarke	England	MF	1965–1968	131	22	[8]
Ron Barnes	England	MF	1966–1969	127	26	[7]
John Bond	England	DF	1966–1969	145	13	[7]
Bill Kitchener	England	DF	1966–1967 1967–1971	184	9	[6]
Jimmy Dunne	Ireland	DF/MF	1967–1970 1976–1979	274	19	[11]
Andy Donnelly	Scotland	GK	1967–1971	178	0	[11]
Alan Welsh	Scotland	FW	1967–1972	161	50	[3]
Micky Cave	England	MF	1968–1971	129	21	[8]
Ken Sandercock	England	MF	1968–1969 1971–1974	180	6	[9]
John Rudge	England	FW	1969–1972	110	40	[9]
Tommy Mitchinson	England	MF	1969–1971	123	9	[5]
Phil Sandercock	England	DF	1969–1977	225	13	[9]
Mal Lucas	Wales	DF	1970–1974	135	3	[5]
Dick Edwards	England	DF	1970–1973	116	7	[11]
Cliff Jackson	England	FW	1970–1974	139	15	[4]
Ian Twitchin	England	DF	1970–1981	435	17	[3]
Mike Mahoney	England	GK	1970–1975	167	0	[5]
Derek Harrison	England	DF	1971–1975	137	5	[4]
Clint Boulton	England	DF	1971–1979	286	36	[7]
David Stocks	England	DF	1972–1976	161	4	[2]
Steve Morrall	England	MF	1972–1977	175	13	[10]
Dave Kennedy	England	MF	1973–1977	166	8	[6]
Willie Brown	Scotland	FW	1975–1978	154	56	[8]
Terry Lee	England	GK	1975–1978	121	0	[6]
Les Lawrence	England	FW	1977–1982	215	54	[6]
Peter Coffill	England	MF	1977–1981	133	11	[8]
Steve Cooper	England	FW	1978–1984	271	90	[8]
Donal Murphy	Ireland	MF	1978–1980 1981	100	22	[10]
John Turner	England	GK	1978–1980 1983–1984	128	0	[3]
Freddie Pethard	Scotland	DF	1979–1982	119	0	[10]
Brian Wilson	England	DF	1979–1983	151	8	[12]
Graham Jones	England	DF	1980–1983	131	6	[6]
Vince O'Keefe	England	GK	1980–1982	121	0	[10]
Colin Anderson	England	DF/MF	1982–1985	124	11	[7]
John Impey	England	DF	1983–1985 1986–1988	154	3	[4]
Steve Pugh	England	DF	1983–1986	137	5	[9]
Derek Dawkins	England	MF	1984–1988	211	11	[11]
Paul Compton	England	DF	1984–1986 1991–1992	137	4	[8]
Kenny Allen	England	GK	1984–1985 1986–1988 1989	158	0	[7]
Mark Loram	England	FW	1985–1986 1987–1992 1993	332	63	[5]
Mario Walsh	England	FW	1985–1987	113	23	[3]
Tom Kelly	Scotland	DF	1986–1989 1993–1996	290	8	[6]
Jim McNichol	Scotland	DF	1986–1989 1991	162	19	[5]
David Cole	England	DF	1986–1989	139	7	[8]
Chris Myers	England	MF	1986–1987 1990–1993 1993–1994	135	8	[10]
Phil Lloyd	England	DF	1987–1992	217	11	[5]
Dean Edwards	England	FW	1988–1991	155	34	[11]
Paul Holmes	England	DF	1988–1992 1999–2003	271	6	[4]
Sean William Joyce	England	MF	1988–1993	194	17	[6]
Matt Elliott	Scotland	DF	1989–1992	158	20	[11]
John Uzzell	England	DF	1989–1991	115	5	[3]
Paul Hall	Jamaica	MF	1989–1993	111	4	[1]
Chris Curran	England	DF	1990–1995	185	5	[11]
Gareth Howells	England	GK	1990–1992	105	0	[4]
Scott Colcombe	England	DF/MF	1991–1995	108	2	[8]
Duane Darby	England	FW	1991–1995	127	29	[11]
Darren Moore	Jamaica	DF	1992–1995	124	11	[5]
Robbie Herrera	England	DF	1992 1998–2001	136	1	[4]
Paul Trollope	Wales	MF	1992–1994	132	17	[3]
Lee Barrow	England	DF	1993–1997	192	8	[7]
Richard Hancox	England	MF	1993–1997 2005	101	14	[1]
Ian Hathaway	England	MF	1993–1997	166	17	[4]
Ashley Bayes	England	GK	1993–1996	119	0	[7]
Tony Bedeau	Grenada	FW	1995–2006 2006–2007	373	65	[13]
Wayne Thomas	England	DF	1995–2000	142	7	[14]
Alex Watson	England	DF	1995–2001	230	9	[15]
Kevin Hill	England	MF	1997–2008	474	57	[16]
Steve Tully	England	DF	1997–2002	125	3	[17]
Jimmy Aggrey	England	DF	1998–2001	110	2	[18]
Eifion Williams	Wales	FW	1999–2002	122	24	[19]
Matthew Hockley	England	MF	2000–2008	265	10	[20]
David Graham	Scotland	FW	2001–2004 2007	137	49	[21]
Alex Russell	England	MF	2001–2005	163	21	[22]
Kevin Dearden	England	GK	2001–2005	107	0	[23]
Steve Woods	England	DF	2001–2009	283	11	[24]
Lee Canoville	England	DF	2001–2005	121	2	[25]
Jason Fowler	England	MF	2001–2005	107	8	[26]
Martin Gritton	Scotland	FW	2002–2004 2010–2011	115	26	[27]
Jo Kuffour	Ghana	FW	2002–2006	160	33	[28]
Craig Taylor	England	DF	2003–2005	138	6	[29]
Lee Mansell	England	MF	2006–2014	391	25	[30]
Chris Robertson	Scotland	DF	2007–2012	203	11	[31]
Elliot Benyon	England	FW	2007–2011 2013	199	47	[32]
Chris Hargreaves	England	MF	2007–2010	130	14	[33]
Kevin Nicholson	England	DF	2007–	345	13	[34]
Tim Sills	England	FW	2007–2010	136	47	[35]
Danny Stevens	England	MF	2007–	224	28	[36]
Chris Zebroski	England	FW	2007–2008 2009–2011	141	40	[37]
Mark Ellis	England	DF	2007–2012	140	13	[38]
Nicky Wroe	England	MF	2008–2011	130	23	[39]
Scott Bevan	England	GK	2008–2011	112	0	[40]
Eunan O'Kane	Ireland	MF	2010–2012	122	14	[41]

References

General

• Edwards, Leigh; Jon Gibbes; John Lovis (1999). Torquay United, The Official Centenary History, 1899–1999. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-38-0.
• "Soccerbase".
• "Torquayunited.com". Archived from the original on 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2012-03-07.

Specific

1. Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.143
2. Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.149
3. Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.150
4. Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.144
5. Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.146
6. Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.145
7. Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.140
8. Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.141
9. Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.148
10. Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.147
11. Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.142
12. Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.151
13. "Tony Bedeau". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
14. "Wayne Thomas". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
15. "Alex Watson". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
16. "Kevin Hill". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
17. "Steve Tully". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
18. "Jimmy Aggrey". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
19. "Eifion Williams". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
20. "Matt Hockley". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
21. "David Graham". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
22. "Alex Russell". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
23. "Kevin Dearden". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
24. "Steve Woods". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
25. "Lee Canoville". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
26. "Jason Fowler". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
27. "Martin Gritton". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
28. "Jo Kuffour". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
29. "Craig Taylor". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
30. "Lee Mansell". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
31. "Chris Robertson". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
32. "Elliot Benyon". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
33. "Chris Hargreaves". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
34. "Kevin Nicholson". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
35. "Tim Sills". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
36. "Danny Stevens". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
37. "Chris Zebroski". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
38. "Mark Ellis". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
39. "Nicky Wroe". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
40. "Scott Bevan". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
41. "Eunan O'Kane". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2012-03-06.

External links

• "TFF History Room". Archived from the original on 2011-02-26.
• "TUFC History". Archived from the original on 2008-05-12.