Early Cast List of Players

An Impressive Roll Call

Welcome to one of the newer areas of the Wolves Heroes website.

Here, we not only list every player who has appeared in a League match for the club but also the order in which they did so.

For example, this is the place to learn that a few well-known and not-so-well-known men, such as Maurice Daly and Brian Caswell, have special niches in Wolves history that they presumably knew nothing about.
In 1975, Daly became the 600th man to be given a League debut by the club while the on-loan Caswell clocked in as the 700th more than a decade later.

Please take a slow trawl through to see the entire order but bear in mind that, if you are revisiting this area, we may have made alterations since you last looked owing to a recount and the eagle eye of our checkers, Donald Noble in Coventry and more recently southern-based Scott Pritchard, whose www.wolvescompletehistory.co.uk website is well worth a visit.
We stress that the list refers to League games only, not any of the cups, and stretches back nearly 130 years to when Wolves were one of 12 proud founder members of the competition.

The first 11 names given are the side who faced Aston Villa in a 1-1 home draw on September 8, 1888. Thereafter, players are added in the order in which they were blooded in the team. If two or more debuts came in the same game, we have first listed the man who would have come first in the traditional announcing of the line-up (ie a right-back comes before a left-half, a centre-half before a centre-forward etc).
Substitute outings count in our list, so there are some like Richard Smith and goalkeeper Graham Stack who appear, although they never started a League match for Wolves.
At the bottom of this post, we also list, in alphabetical order, the name of every player ever to have made a League appearance for the club. If you think we have omitted anyone, please contact us as soon as possible.
Read on…

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50	Jack Baynton Dickie Baugh Charlie Mason Albert Fletcher Harry Allen Arthur Lowder Thomas Hunter Jeremiah Cooper Nick Anderson Walter White Alfred Cannon John Benton David Wykes Thomas Knight Harry Wood Jack Brodie Billy Rose Thomas Tomkyes Robert Dudley Walter Perry Arthur Worrall Charles Booth Jeremiah Mason Walter Oldershaw Tom Johnson Hillary Griffiths Jack Pickerell Samuel Thomson Jack Bowdler Joe Davies Hubert Rutter Ike Griffiths Dick Topham Tommy Dunn George Kinsey Charlie Baker Will Devey Joe Heath James Burleigh George Swift Billy Malpass Claude Bradley Herbert Bailey James Johnston Joe Hassall Joe Butcher Joe Lawrence Alf Griffin George Woodhall Frank Wilson	51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100	Harry Haynes David Black Bill Owen Bob Edge David Robson Jack Hamilton John Bell George Fleming Archie Brocksopp Charlie Reynolds Frank Lester Jack Roberts Dan Nurse Harry Crump Charlie Henderson Billy Beats Joe Tonks Tommy Green Jack Swallow Walter Bunch Jack Miller Billy Tennant George Eccles Alf Nicholls Ted Pheasant Billy Smith Joe McMain Joe Lyden Tom Baddeley Joe Blackett Jack Matthias Jack Chadburn George Harper George Harris Wally Tuft Harry Davies Jack Smith Frank Greatwich Dicky Davies Tom Worton Walter Annis Fred Platt Trevor Owen Jack Bryan George Bowen Bob Colley Jim Poppitt George Walker Bill Howell(s) BILLY WOOLDRIDGE	101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150	George Barker Harvey Pope Joe Jones Jackery Jones Jack Whitehouse Adam Haywood Archie Fellows Walter Swift Henry Preston Richmond Gwilliam Harry Rowbotham Jack Dean James Stringer Dick Betteley Jack Smith Joe Holyhead Albert Baynham Jack Walker Fred Bevin Eric Smith Charlie Pilsbury Eli Juggins Billy Layton Walter Williams John Hopkins Tommy Lunn Arthur Veysey Sid Grosvenor Dave Walker Tom Raybould George Williams Albert Henshall John Stanley Frank Pope Reggis Boon Harry Hughes Ernie James Archie Breakwell Archie Goodall Sid Corfield Jack Pedley Harry Wilkes Arthur Lloyd Wally Radford Jim Gorman Alfred Bishop George Hedley Sammy Ward Archie Hawkins John Roberts	151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200	James Horace Jones Rev Kenneth Hunt Percy Corbett Arthur Price Ted Collins Billy Harrison Sid Holt George Bould Jack Shelton Archie Cartwright Bill Callanan Walter Ferres Billy Jeavons Wally Fownes Tommy Metcalf Jimmy Mason Ben Wake Arthur Tatem Charlie Payne Bert Hoskins Wally Harris Arthur Arrowsmith Arthur Conway George May Billy Blunt Arthur Pemble Jimmy Hardware Jack Gregory Bill Perrett Bert Shinton Frank Boxley George Garratly Jimmy Hill Albert Groves Jack Needham Alf Walker Archie Needham Billy Micklewright Enoch Deakin Harry Jones Sammy Brooks Billy Halligan Harry Parsonage Tommy Yule Arthur Sheargold Bob Young Arthur Brookes Teddy Peers Rev Billy Jordan TOMMY MULHOLLAND
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Click here to view the A-Z listings in alphabetical order.

1	Jack Baynton	51	Harry Haynes	101	George Barker	151	James Horace Jones
2	Dickie Baugh	52	David Black	102	Harvey Pope	152	Rev Kenneth Hunt
3	Charlie Mason	53	Bill Owen	103	Joe Jones	153	Percy Corbett
4	Albert Fletcher	54	Bob Edge	104	Jackery Jones	154	Arthur Price
5	Harry Allen	55	David Robson	105	Jack Whitehouse	155	Ted Collins
6	Arthur Lowder	56	Jack Hamilton	106	Adam Haywood	156	Billy Harrison
7	Thomas Hunter	57	John Bell	107	Archie Fellows	157	Sid Holt
8	Jeremiah Cooper	58	George Fleming	108	Walter Swift	158	George Bould
9	Nick Anderson	59	Archie Brocksopp	109	Henry Preston	159	Jack Shelton
10	Walter White	60	Charlie Reynolds	110	Richmond Gwilliam	160	Archie Cartwright
11	Alfred Cannon	61	Frank Lester	111	Harry Rowbotham	161	Bill Callanan
12	John Benton	62	Jack Roberts	112	Jack Dean	162	Walter Ferres
13	David Wykes	63	Dan Nurse	113	James Stringer	163	Billy Jeavons
14	Thomas Knight	64	Harry Crump	114	Dick Betteley	164	Wally Fownes
15	Harry Wood	65	Charlie Henderson	115	Jack Smith	165	Tommy Metcalf
16	Jack Brodie	66	Billy Beats	116	Joe Holyhead	166	Jimmy Mason
17	Billy Rose	67	Joe Tonks	117	Albert Baynham	167	Ben Wake
18	Thomas Tomkyes	68	Tommy Green	118	Jack Walker	168	Arthur Tatem
19	Robert Dudley	69	Jack Swallow	119	Fred Bevin	169	Charlie Payne
20	Walter Perry	70	Walter Bunch	120	Eric Smith	170	Bert Hoskins
21	Arthur Worrall	71	Jack Miller	121	Charlie Pilsbury	171	Wally Harris
22	Charles Booth	72	Billy Tennant	122	Eli Juggins	172	Arthur Arrowsmith
23	Jeremiah Mason	73	George Eccles	123	Billy Layton	173	Arthur Conway
24	Walter Oldershaw	74	Alf Nicholls	124	Walter Williams	174	George May
25	Tom Johnson	75	Ted Pheasant	125	John Hopkins	175	Billy Blunt
26	Hillary Griffiths	76	Billy Smith	126	Tommy Lunn	176	Arthur Pemble
27	Jack Pickerell	77	Joe McMain	127	Arthur Veysey	177	Jimmy Hardware
28	Samuel Thomson	78	Joe Lyden	128	Sid Grosvenor	178	Jack Gregory
29	Jack Bowdler	79	Tom Baddeley	129	Dave Walker	179	Bill Perrett
30	Joe Davies	80	Joe Blackett	130	Tom Raybould	180	Bert Shinton
31	Hubert Rutter	81	Jack Matthias	131	George Williams	181	Frank Boxley
32	Ike Griffiths	82	Jack Chadburn	132	Albert Henshall	182	George Garratly
33	Dick Topham	83	George Harper	133	John Stanley	183	Jimmy Hill
34	Tommy Dunn	84	George Harris	134	Frank Pope	184	Albert Groves
35	George Kinsey	85	Wally Tuft	135	Reggis Boon	185	Jack Needham
36	Charlie Baker	86	Harry Davies	136	Harry Hughes	186	Alf Walker
37	Will Devey	87	Jack Smith	137	Ernie James	187	Archie Needham
38	Joe Heath	88	Frank Greatwich	138	Archie Breakwell	188	Billy Micklewright
39	James Burleigh	89	Dicky Davies	139	Archie Goodall	189	Enoch Deakin
40	George Swift	90	Tom Worton	140	Sid Corfield	190	Harry Jones
41	Billy Malpass	91	Walter Annis	141	Jack Pedley	191	Sammy Brooks
42	Claude Bradley	92	Fred Platt	142	Harry Wilkes	192	Billy Halligan
43	Herbert Bailey	93	Trevor Owen	143	Arthur Lloyd	193	Harry Parsonage
44	James Johnston	94	Jack Bryan	144	Wally Radford	194	Tommy Yule
45	Joe Hassall	95	George Bowen	145	Jim Gorman	195	Arthur Sheargold
46	Joe Butcher	96	Bob Colley	146	Alfred Bishop	196	Bob Young
47	Joe Lawrence	97	Jim Poppitt	147	George Hedley	197	Arthur Brookes
48	Alf Griffin	98	George Walker	148	Sammy Ward	198	Teddy Peers
49	George Woodhall	99	Bill Howell(s)	149	Archie Hawkins	199	Rev Billy Jordan
50	Frank Wilson	100	BILLY WOOLDRIDGE	150	John Roberts	200	TOMMY MULHOLLAND