Burnley 1950s squad
Every player who appeared for Burnley in the 1950s — 75 in all, with their career-at-club league appearances and goals. Jimmy McIlroy made the most appearances (439). Ray Pointer scored the most (118).
| Player | Pos | Apps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy McIlroy | MF | 439 | 116 | 84 |
| John Angus | DF | 439 | 4 | 83 |
| John Connelly | MF | 265 | 105 | 83 |
| Tommy Cummings | DF | 434 | 3 | 83 |
| Jimmy Adamson | DF | 426 | 17 | 83 |
| Brian Pilkington | MF | 300 | 67 | 83 |
| Gordon Harris | MF | 258 | 69 | 83 |
| Ray Pointer | FW | 223 | 118 | 83 |
| Brian Miller | DF | 379 | 29 | 82 |
| Adam Blacklaw | GK | 318 | 0 | 82 |
| Harry Mather | DF | 301 | 0 | 81 |
| George Strong | GK | 264 | 0 | 80 |
| Bill Holden | FW | 187 | 75 | 80 |
| Jimmy Robson | FW | 202 | 79 | 80 |
| Alex Elder | DF | 271 | 15 | 80 |
| Arthur Woodruff | DF | 271 | 0 | 80 |
| Colin McDonald | GK | 201 | 0 | 78 |
| Billy Gray | MF | 120 | 30 | 78 |
| Reg Attwell | MF | 244 | 9 | 77 |
| George Bray | MF | 241 | 8 | 77 |
| Bobby Seith | MF | 211 | 6 | 75 |
| Jack Hays | MF | 146 | 12 | 75 |
| Harry Potts | FW | 165 | 47 | 75 |
| Doug Newlands | MF | 98 | 21 | 75 |
| Doug Winton | DF | 183 | 1 | 74 |
| Billy Morris | FW | 211 | 47 | 71 |
| Harry Thomson | GK | 117 | 0 | 71 |
| Billy Elliott | MF | 74 | 14 | 70 |
| John Talbut | DF | 138 | 0 | 70 |
| Albert Cheesebrough | FW | 142 | 35 | 70 |
| Jock Aird | DF | 132 | 0 | 69 |
| Alan Shackleton | FW | 31 | 18 | 68 |
| Ray Harrison | FW | 60 | 19 | 67 |
| Les Shannon | FW | 263 | 39 | 67 |
| Des Thompson | GK | 62 | 0 | 66 |
| Walter Joyce | MF | 70 | 3 | 66 |
| Dave Smith | DF | 99 | 1 | 66 |
| Len Martindale | MF | 69 | 2 | 65 |
| Trevor Meredith | MF | 37 | 8 | 63 |
| Ian Towers | FW | 44 | 12 | 63 |
| Harold Rudman | DF | 71 | 0 | 61 |
| Alf Clarke | FW | 24 | 8 | 60 |
| Ian Lawson | FW | 23 | 7 | 59 |
| Jack Spencer | FW | 37 | 8 | 58 |
| Bobby Burke | FW | 19 | 5 | 56 |
| Ian Wilson | MF | 19 | 1 | 55 |
| Billy White | FW | 9 | 4 | 55 |
| Terry Lyons | MF | 12 | 3 | 54 |
| Gordon Haigh | FW | 18 | 3 | 53 |
| Joe McNulty | GK | 8 | 0 | 53 |
| Tony Hapgood | MF | 7 | 2 | 52 |
| Eric Binns | DF | 15 | 0 | 51 |
| Bill Hayes | DF | 12 | 0 | 50 |
| Ron Fenton | FW | 11 | 1 | 50 |
| Joe Brown | MF | 6 | 0 | 49 |
| David Cargill | MF | 5 | 0 | 48 |
| Billy Marshall | DF | 6 | 0 | 48 |
| Jimmy Scott | MF | 3 | 0 | 47 |
| Jim Furnell | GK | 2 | 0 | 47 |
| Harold Spencer | DF | 4 | 1 | 47 |
| Peter Simpson | FW | 3 | 0 | 45 |
| Billy O'Neill | FW | 1 | 1 | 45 |
| Billy Wilson | DF | 2 | 0 | 45 |
| Tommy Henderson | FW | 2 | 0 | 44 |
| Les Samuels | FW | 2 | 0 | 44 |
| Des Lancaster | FW | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Jim Milner | FW | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Jim Appleby | DF | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Joe Wilkinson | GK | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Bob Swankie | MF | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Gus Alexander | MF | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Michael Turley | MF | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Bill Dodd | FW | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Ken Bracewell | DF | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Peter McKay | FW | — | — | 39 |
Burnley through the decades
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