Sunderland 1970s squad

Name: Sunderland 1970s squad
Creator: Flawless
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Every player who appeared for Sunderland in the 1970s — 75 in all, with their career-at-club league totals.

Jimmy Montgomery racked up the most apps of anyone here — 537 in all. Gary Rowell leads the scoring with 88. The sharpest strike rate belongs to Pop Robson: 34 goals in 90 apps. The squad breaks down as 7 goalkeepers, 24 defenders, 27 midfielders and 17 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.

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Player	Pos	Apps	Goals	Legend
Jimmy Montgomery	GK	537	—	80
Bobby Kerr	MF	368	56	79
Len Ashurst	DF	409	4	78
Gary Rowell	FW	257	88	77
Dennis Tueart	MF	178	46	76
Shaun Elliott	DF	321	11	76
Billy Hughes	FW	287	74	75
Joe Bolton	DF	273	11	74
Pop Robson	FW	90	34	73
Chris Turner	GK	195	—	73
Vic Halom	FW	113	35	73
Dick Malone	DF	236	2	73
Bob Lee	FW	109	32	72
Barry Siddall	GK	167	—	71
Martin Harvey	MF	314	5	71
Gordon Chisholm	DF	197	10	70
Mel Holden	FW	73	23	69
Kevin Arnott	MF	133	16	69
Stan Cummins	FW	133	29	69
George Herd	FW	278	47	69
Tony Towers	MF	108	19	69
Gordon Harris	MF	126	16	69
Jeff Clarke	DF	181	6	69
David Watson	DF	177	27	68
Colin Todd	DF	173	3	68
Jack Ashurst	DF	140	4	66
Mick Buckley	MF	121	7	64
Richie Pitt	DF	126	7	64
Joe Baker	FW	40	12	64
Rob Hindmarch	DF	115	2	63
Mick McGiven	DF	113	9	63
John Hawley	FW	25	11	62
Roy Greenwood	MF	56	9	61
Ian Porterfield	MF/FW	230	17	61
Brian Chambers	MF	63	5	60
Bobby Moncur	DF	86	2	60
Steve Whitworth	DF	83	0	59
John Cooke	MF	55	4	58
Wilf Rostron	DF	76	17	58
Mick Docherty	DF	73	6	58
Calvin Palmer	MF	41	5	57
Ron Guthrie	DF	66	1	57
Dennis Longhorn	MF	40	3	55
Derek Forster	GK	18	—	55
Rod Belfitt	FW	39	4	54
Trevor Swinburne	GK	10	—	53
Ray Train	MF	32	1	53
Bruce Stuckey	MF	26	2	52
Tim Gilbert	DF	36	3	52
Claudio Marangoni	MF	20	3	52
Malcolm Moore	FW	12	3	51
Barry Dunn	FW	23	2	50
David Young	DF	29	1	50
Tommy Finney	MF	15	1	48
Colin Waldron	DF	20	1	48
Jim Holton	DF	15	0	47
Tommy Gibb	MF	10	1	47
Roly Gregoire	FW	9	1	47
Colin Symm	FW	14	0	46
Keith Armstrong	MF	11	0	46
Alan Foggon	FW	8	0	45
Danny Hegan	MF	6	0	44
Doug Collins	MF	6	0	44
Peter Stronach	MF	3	0	42
Barry Smith	GK	0	—	42
Keith Waugh	GK	0	—	42
John Hughes	FW	1	0	41
Richie Taylor	MF	1	0	41
John Leadbitter	DF	0	0	40
David Hamilton	MF	0	0	39
Alan Crompton	MF	0	0	39
Brian Thompson	DF/FW	—	—	37
Maurice Hepworth	DF	—	—	37
Bobby Park	MF	—	4	36
Micky Horswill	MF	—	—	36

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