Sunderland 1970s squad
Every player who appeared for Sunderland in the 1970s — 75 in all, with their career-at-club league appearances and goals. Jimmy Montgomery made the most appearances (537). Gary Rowell scored the most (88).
| Player | Pos | Apps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Montgomery | GK | 537 | 0 | 81 |
| Bobby Kerr | MF | 368 | 56 | 80 |
| Len Ashurst | DF | 409 | 4 | 79 |
| Gary Rowell | FW | 257 | 88 | 79 |
| Dennis Tueart | MF | 178 | 46 | 78 |
| Shaun Elliott | DF | 321 | 11 | 77 |
| Billy Hughes | FW | 287 | 74 | 76 |
| Pop Robson | FW | 90 | 34 | 75 |
| Joe Bolton | DF | 273 | 11 | 75 |
| Vic Halom | FW | 113 | 35 | 75 |
| Chris Turner | GK | 195 | 0 | 74 |
| Bob Lee | FW | 109 | 32 | 74 |
| Dick Malone | DF | 236 | 2 | 74 |
| Barry Siddall | GK | 167 | 0 | 72 |
| Gordon Chisholm | DF | 197 | 10 | 72 |
| Kevin Arnott | MF | 133 | 16 | 72 |
| Martin Harvey | MF | 314 | 5 | 72 |
| Gordon Harris | MF | 126 | 16 | 71 |
| Mel Holden | FW | 73 | 23 | 71 |
| Tony Towers | MF | 108 | 19 | 71 |
| Jeff Clarke | DF | 181 | 6 | 71 |
| David Watson | DF | 177 | 27 | 71 |
| Stan Cummins | FW | 133 | 29 | 71 |
| Colin Todd | DF | 173 | 3 | 70 |
| George Herd | FW | 278 | 47 | 70 |
| Jack Ashurst | DF | 140 | 4 | 68 |
| Mick Buckley | MF | 121 | 7 | 67 |
| Richie Pitt | DF | 126 | 7 | 66 |
| Joe Baker | FW | 40 | 12 | 66 |
| Rob Hindmarch | DF | 115 | 2 | 65 |
| Mick McGiven | DF | 113 | 9 | 65 |
| Roy Greenwood | MF | 56 | 9 | 64 |
| John Hawley | FW | 25 | 11 | 64 |
| Ian Porterfield | MF/FW | 230 | 17 | 63 |
| Brian Chambers | MF | 63 | 5 | 63 |
| Bobby Moncur | DF | 86 | 2 | 62 |
| Steve Whitworth | DF | 83 | 0 | 62 |
| John Cooke | MF | 55 | 4 | 61 |
| Wilf Rostron | DF | 76 | 17 | 60 |
| Mick Docherty | DF | 73 | 6 | 60 |
| Calvin Palmer | MF | 41 | 5 | 60 |
| Ron Guthrie | DF | 66 | 1 | 59 |
| Dennis Longhorn | MF | 40 | 3 | 58 |
| Derek Forster | GK | 18 | 0 | 57 |
| Rod Belfitt | FW | 39 | 4 | 56 |
| Ray Train | MF | 32 | 1 | 54 |
| Bruce Stuckey | MF | 26 | 2 | 54 |
| Trevor Swinburne | GK | 10 | 0 | 53 |
| Tim Gilbert | DF | 36 | 3 | 53 |
| Claudio Marangoni | MF | 20 | 3 | 53 |
| Malcolm Moore | FW | 12 | 3 | 53 |
| Barry Dunn | FW | 23 | 2 | 52 |
| David Young | DF | 29 | 1 | 51 |
| Tommy Finney | MF | 15 | 1 | 49 |
| Colin Waldron | DF | 20 | 1 | 49 |
| Tommy Gibb | MF | 10 | 1 | 48 |
| Roly Gregoire | FW | 9 | 1 | 48 |
| Jim Holton | DF | 15 | 0 | 48 |
| Colin Symm | FW | 14 | 0 | 47 |
| Keith Armstrong | MF | 11 | 0 | 47 |
| Alan Foggon | FW | 8 | 0 | 45 |
| Danny Hegan | MF | 6 | 0 | 45 |
| Doug Collins | MF | 6 | 0 | 45 |
| Peter Stronach | MF | 3 | 0 | 43 |
| Barry Smith | GK | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Keith Waugh | GK | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| John Hughes | FW | 1 | 0 | 41 |
| Richie Taylor | MF | 1 | 0 | 41 |
| Alan Crompton | MF | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| David Hamilton | MF | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| John Leadbitter | DF | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Brian Thompson | DF/FW | — | — | 37 |
| Bobby Park | MF | — | 4 | 37 |
| Micky Horswill | MF | — | — | 37 |
| Maurice Hepworth | DF | — | — | 36 |
Sunderland through the decades
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