List of Norwich City F.C. players

Below is a list of footballers who have played for Norwich City in 100 or more first-team matches.

  • The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then alphabetically by surname.[1]
  • Appearances as a substitute are included.
  • Statistics are correct as of the match played on 13 August 2024. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.

Player

Positions key
Pre-1960s 1960s–
GK Goalkeeper
FB Full-back DF Defender
RB Right-back LB Left-back
HB Half-back MF Midfielder
OR Outside-right OL Outside-left
RW Right-wing LW Left-wing
IF Inside-forward
IR Inside-right IL Inside-left
CF Centre-forward
FW Forward
U Utility player

Position

  • Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.

Club career

  • Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.

League appearances and League goals

Total appearances and Total goals

International selection

  • Players who have been selected for full international football (not including amateur, Under-23 or other youth levels) have a link to their national side's Wikipedia page, denoted with a green box and asterisk*. Only the highest level of international competition is given, except where a player competed for more than one country, in which case the highest level reached for each is shown.

Players are listed according to the date they signed for the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team league matches; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included. Statistics correct as of 13 August 2024.

Players

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Name Nationality Pos Norwich City career Apps Goals
Jimmy McEwen   England LB 1905-1908 108 0
Billy Bushell   England HB 1905-1910 154 7
Archie Livingstone   Scotland WH 1905-1910 118 1
Thomas Allsopp   England OL 1907-1911 132 27
Gerry Newlands   England HB 1907-1910 105 1
Bobby Beale   England GK 1908-1912 107 0
Billy Hampson   England RB 1909-1913 140 10
Sam Wolstenholme   England* HB 1909-1913 145 8
William Ingham   Wales IF 1910-1914 131 32
Jock MacKenzie   Scotland LB 1910-1915 204 2
Cecil Potter   England OR 1911-1915 131 31
Harry Woods   England IF 1911-1915 151 37
George Martin   England CH 1913-1927 331 1
Sam Austin   England FW 1920-1924 164 39
Robert Dennison   England IF 1920-1924 126 39
Reg Wilkinson   England WH 1920-1923 107 9
Charles Bradbrook   England HB 1921-1926 106 1
Joe Hannah   England HB 1921-1935 427 21
Phil Hope   England RB 1921-1924 109 1
James Stoakes   England OL 1921-1925 150 6
Charles Dennington   England GK 1922-1929 209 0
Jimmy Banks   England FW 1923-1926 136 26
James Jackson   England FW 1923-1927 119 57
Joe McGrae   England HB 1926-1929 124 3
Joe Richmond   England U 1926-1930 130 9
Ernie Porter   England OR 1927-1931 139 31
Jacky Slicer   England OL 1927-1930 133 14
Duggie Lochhead   Scotland WH 1929-1935 223 5
Ken Burditt   England FW 1930-1936 173 61
Lionel Murphy   England OL 1931-1934 132 35
Bernard Robinson   England WH 1931-1949 380 14
Bill Smith   Scotland LB 1931-1934 102 1
Norman Wharton   England GK 1931-1935 109 0
Tom Halliday   England HB 1933-1939 203 0
Jack Vinall   England CF 1933-1937 181 80
Billy Warnes   England OR 1933-1937 118 49
Sam Bowen   England FB 1934-1938 139 2
Harry Dukes   England GK 1934-1938
1946
124 0
Harry Proctor   England WH 1934-1947 116 3
Peter Burke   England CH 1935-1939 119 0
Frank Manders   England IF 1935-1939 137 43
John Church   England LW 1937-1950 110 16
Len Dutton   Wales WH 1946-1953 152 14
Les Eyre   England IF 1946-1951 201 69
Norman Low   Scotland HB 1946-1950 163 0
Denis Morgan   Wales FB 1946-1956 250 3
Maurice Tobin   Scotland LB 1946-1951 102 0
Ron Ashman   England DF 1947-1963 662 66
Noel Kinsey   Wales* IF 1947-1953 243 65
Ken Nethercott   England GK 1947-1959 416 0
Don Pickwick   Wales WH 1947-1956 244 11
Johnny Gavin   Republic of Ireland* RW 1948-1954

1955-1958

338 132
Roy Hollis   England FW 1948-1952 107 59
Peter Gordon   England FW 1949-1958 176 37
Bill Lewis   England LB 1949-1956 256 1
Reg Foulkes   England HB 1950-1956 238 8
Roy McCrohan   England WH 1951-1962 426 20
Billy Coxon   England OL 1952-1958 105 26
Bobby Brennan   Northern Ireland* IF 1953-1956

1957-1960

250 52
Ken Oxford   England GK 1953-1958 128 0
Ralph Hunt   England FW 1955-1958 124 67
Bryan Thurlow   England RB 1955-1964 224 1
Barry Butler   England DF 1957-1966 349 3
Matt Crowe   Scotland WH 1957-1962 214 18
Terry Allcock   England IF 1958-1969 389 127
Errol Crossan   Canada FW 1958-1961 102 28
Sandy Kennon   Southern Rhodesia* GK 1958-1965 213 0
Jimmy Hill   Northern Ireland* FW 1959-1963 195 55
Joe Mullett   England LB 1959-1968 248 5
Bill Punton   Scotland LW 1959-1967 256 29
Gerry Mannion   England RW 1961-1968 100 17
Tommy Bryceland   Scotland FW 1962-1969 284 55
Phil Kelly   Republic of Ireland* FB 1962-1967 115 2
Ron Davies   Wales* FW 1963-1965 113 58
Kevin Keelan   England GK 1963-1980 673 0
Freddie Sharpe   England DF 1963-1969 111 0
Gordon Bolland   England FW 1964-1968 105 29
Dave Stringer   England DF 1964-1977 499 22
Terry Anderson   England RW 1965-1974 279 19
Mal Lucas   Wales* HB 1965-1970 204 8
Alan Black   Scotland LB 1966-1974 203 1
Hugh Curran   Scotland* FW 1966-1969 112 46
Ken Foggo   Scotland RW 1967-1973 201 57
Trevor Howard   England MF 1967-1974 156 19
Max Briggs   England MF 1968-1974 170 2
Duncan Forbes   Scotland DF 1968-1981 357 12
Clive Payne   England RB 1968-1974 150 3
Geoff Butler   England DF 1969-1976 196 1
Graham Paddon   England MF 1969-1973

1976-1981

340 47
Peter Silvester   England FW 1969-1974 113 37
Doug Livermore   England MF 1970-1975 139 6
David Cross   England FW 1971-1973 106 30
Colin Suggett   England MF 1972-1978 243 29
Ted MacDougall   Scotland* FW 1973-1977 112 51
Mel Machin   England DF 1973-1977 117 4
Phil Boyer   England* FW 1974-1977 116 34
Colin Sullivan   England DF 1974-1979 157 3
Tony Powell   England DF 1974-1981 275 5
David Jones   Wales* DF 1975-1980 132 5
Mick McGuire   England MF 1975-1983 203 12
Martin Peters   England* MF 1975-1980 232 50
Kevin Bond   England DF 1976-1981 161 14
Greg Downs   England LB 1976-1985 206 8
Jimmy Neighbour   England RW 1976-1979 115 5
Kevin Reeves   England* FW 1976-1980 133 42
John Ryan   England MF 1976-1980 132 29
Justin Fashanu   England FW 1978-1981 103 40
Peter Mendham   England MF 1978-1987 267 29
Paul Haylock   England RB 1979-1986 193 4
Mark Barham   England* RW 1980-1987 223 25
Dave Watson   England* DF 1980-1986 256 11
Keith Bertschin   England FW 1981-1985 114 29
John Deehan   England FW 1981-1986 199 70
Steve Walford   England DF 1981-1983 108 2
Chris Woods   England* GK 1981-1986 267 0
Mick Channon   England* FW 1982-1985 112 25
Dennis van Wijk   Netherlands LB 1982-1986 155 4
Jeremy Goss   Wales* MF 1983-1996 238 14
Robert Rosario   England FW 1983-1991 161 29
Steve Bruce   England DF 1984-1987 180 21
Dale Gordon   England RW 1984-1991 261 31
Ian Culverhouse   England RB 1985-1994 369 2
Kevin Drinkell   England FW 1985-1988 150 57
Mike Phelan   England* MF 1985-1989 194 10
Ian Butterworth   England DF 1986-1994 293 4
Ian Crook   England MF 1986-1997 418 24
Ruel Fox   Montserrat* RW 1986-1994 173 22
Bryan Gunn   Scotland* GK 1986-1998 477 0
Trevor Putney   England LW 1986-1989 100 10
Mark Bowen   Wales* LB 1987-1996 399 27
Robert Fleck   Scotland* FW 1987-1992

1995-1998

299 84
Andy Linighan   England DF 1988-1990 106 8
David Phillips   Wales* MF 1989-1993 186 20
John Polston   England DF 1990-1998 263 12
Daryl Sutch   England U 1990-2002 352 9
Robert Ullathorne   England LB 1990-1996 115 8
Rob Newman   England DF 1991-1998 249 17
Chris Sutton   England* FW 1991-1995 127 43
Darren Eadie   England LW 1993-1999 204 38
Neil Adams   England RW 1994-1999 206 30
Jamie Cureton   England FW 1994-1996

2007-2010

108 23
Andy Marshall   England GK 1994-2001 219 0
Mike Milligan   Republic of Ireland* MF 1994-2000 142 5
Adrian Forbes   England RW 1996-2001 121 8
Matt Jackson   England DF 1996-2001 172 6
Darren Kenton   England DF 1996-2003 175 9
Chris Llewellyn   Wales* MF 1996-2003 158 18
Craig Fleming   England DF 1997-2007 382 13
Lee Marshall   England MF 1997-2001 131 13
Iwan Roberts   Wales* FW 1997-2004 306 97
Darel Russell   England MF 1997-2003

2007-2010

271 19
Malky Mackay   Scotland* DF 1998-2004 232 15
Phil Mulryne   Northern Ireland* MF 1998-2005 178 20
Robert Green   England* GK 1999-2006 241 0
Paul McVeigh   Northern Ireland* FW 2000-2007

2009-2010

246 40
Adam Drury   England LB 2001-2012 361 4
Gary Holt   Scotland* MF 2001-2005 182 3
Jason Shackell   England DF 2002-2008, 2009 145 3
Darren Huckerby   England FW 2003-2008 203 48
Gary Doherty   Republic of Ireland* DF 2004-2010 227 14
Lee Croft   England RW 2006-2009 131 9
Chris Martin   Scotland* FW 2006-2013 117 34
Simon Lappin   Scotland MF 2007-2013 126 4
David Marshall   Scotland* GK 2007-2009 105 0
Jon Otsemobor   England RB 2007-2010 104 2
Wes Hoolahan   Republic of Ireland* MF 2008-2018 352 54
Grant Holt   England FW 2009-2013 168 78
Russell Martin   Scotland* DF 2010-2019 309 19
John Ruddy   England* GK 2010-2017 243 0
Bradley Johnson   England MF 2011-2015 154 21
Sébastien Bassong   Cameroon* DF 2012-2017 135 5
Ryan Bennett   England DF 2012-2017 119 2
Jonny Howson   England MF 2012-2017 188 24
Alexander Tettey   Norway* MF 2012-2021 263 8
Steven Whittaker   Scotland* RB 2012-2017 108 7
Martin Olsson   Sweden* LB 2013–2017 129 4
Nathan Redmond   England RW 2013–2016 123 13
Josh Murphy   England LW 2013–2016 100 18
Cameron Jerome   England FW 2014–2018 138 42
Timm Klose   Switzerland* DF 2016–2021 126 10
Jamal Lewis   Northern Ireland* LB 2016–2020 100 2
Angus Gunn   Scotland* GK 2017–2018, 2021–Present 138 0
Grant Hanley   Scotland* DF 2017–Present 194 6
Todd Cantwell   England MF 2017–2023 129 14
Mario Vrančić   Bosnia and Herzegovina* MF 2017–2021 134 17
Marco Stiepermann   Germany MF 2017–2021 115 12
Christoph Zimmermann   Germany DF 2017–2022 139 4
Tim Krul   Netherlands* GK 2018–2023 169 0
Max Aarons   England RB 2018–2023 213 6
Teemu Pukki   Finland* FW 2018–2023 210 88
Emiliano Buendía   Argentina* MF 2018–2021 121 24
Kenny McLean   Scotland* MF 2018–Present 230 13
Onel Hernández   Cuba* MF 2018–Present 185 15
Adam Idah   Republic of Ireland* FW 2019–2024 116 17
Josh Sargent   United States* FW 2021–Present 101 33
Dimitris Giannoulis   Greece* LB 2021–2024 101 0

References

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  1. ^ http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/norwich/norwich.html [bare URL]
  2. ^ "Norwich City | Club | History | Hall of Fame | HALL OF FAME GALLERY". www.canaries.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Paul Lambert 'uneasy' in Norwich City Hall of Fame". BBC Sport. 24 February 2012.
  4. ^ "First Team - Norwich City". www.canaries.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2018.