Sunderland 1950s squad
Every player who appeared for Sunderland in the 1950s — 62 in all, with their career-at-club league appearances and goals. Len Ashurst made the most appearances (409). Bobby Gurney scored the most (205).
| Player | Pos | Apps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Gurney | FW | 348 | 205 | 80 |
| Len Ashurst | DF | 409 | 4 | 79 |
| Johnny Mapson | GK | 345 | 0 | 79 |
| Charlie Hurley | DF | 358 | 23 | 79 |
| Len Duns | MF | 215 | 45 | 78 |
| Tommy Wright | MF | 170 | 52 | 78 |
| Stan Anderson | MF | 402 | 31 | 78 |
| Amby Fogarty | MF | 152 | 37 | 77 |
| Dickie Davis | FW | 144 | 73 | 77 |
| Trevor Ford | FW | 108 | 67 | 77 |
| Billy Elliott | MF | 212 | 26 | 77 |
| Charlie Fleming | FW | 107 | 62 | 76 |
| Jack Hedley | DF | 269 | 0 | 76 |
| Arthur Wright | MF | 283 | 14 | 76 |
| Arthur Hudgell | DF | 260 | 0 | 75 |
| Willie Watson | MF | 211 | 15 | 75 |
| Martin Harvey | MF | 314 | 5 | 74 |
| Ian Lawther | FW | 75 | 41 | 74 |
| Len Shackleton | FW | 348 | 101 | 74 |
| Ted Purdon | FW | 90 | 39 | 73 |
| George Aitken | MF | 245 | 3 | 72 |
| Ken Chisholm | FW | 78 | 33 | 72 |
| Don Kitchenbrand | FW | 53 | 28 | 70 |
| Peter Wakeham | GK | 134 | 0 | 69 |
| Willie Fraser | GK | 127 | 0 | 69 |
| Alan O'Neill | FW | 74 | 27 | 69 |
| Colin Nelson | DF | 146 | 2 | 68 |
| Johnny Goodchild | FW | 44 | 21 | 67 |
| Billy Bingham | FW | 206 | 45 | 67 |
| Ivor Broadis | FW | 79 | 25 | 66 |
| Joe McDonald | DF | 137 | 1 | 66 |
| Ray Daniel | DF | 136 | 6 | 66 |
| Bill Walsh | DF | 98 | 1 | 62 |
| Harry Kirtley | FW | 95 | 18 | 60 |
| Don Revie | FW | 64 | 15 | 60 |
| Harry Threadgold | GK | 35 | 0 | 58 |
| Colin Grainger | FW | 120 | 14 | 57 |
| John McSeveney | MF | 35 | 3 | 57 |
| Ernie Taylor | FW | 68 | 11 | 56 |
| Jimmy Cowan | GK | 28 | 0 | 56 |
| Bill Holden | FW | 19 | 5 | 52 |
| John Fraser | MF | 22 | 1 | 52 |
| Dickie Rooks | DF | 34 | 2 | 52 |
| Jackie Maltby | FW | 22 | 4 | 51 |
| Ken Smith | FW | 5 | 2 | 47 |
| Alan Spence | FW | 5 | 1 | 45 |
| Tom Robson | FW | 5 | 0 | 43 |
| Keith Hird | GK | 1 | 0 | 41 |
| Derek Weddle | MF/FW | 2 | 0 | 41 |
| Jimmy Potter | MF | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Jack Hogg | MF | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Dougie Wood | MF | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Joe Dumighan | FW | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Keith Morton | FW | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Jimmy Shields | FW | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Micky Lydon | FW | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Jimmy Lyske | DF | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Jim Nickalls | DF | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Cliff Mason | DF | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| George Forrester | DF | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Billy Neale | MF | — | — | 36 |
| Albert Snell | MF | — | — | 36 |
Sunderland through the decades
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