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Players born on 12 October

13 Oct Today

All players in the museum who were born on this date. Click any card to view it, or the thumbnail strip to see all their cards.

Rab Howell

(Rabbi Howell)
Centre-half
2 caps and 1 goal for England

Born 12 October 1869 in Wincobank

Died 22 November 1937 aged 68

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1889 Rotherham Swifts - 1890
1890 Sheffield United - 192 8 1898
1898 Liverpool £200 59 0 1901
1901 Preston North End - 1903

Jock Rutherford

(John Rutherford)
Winger
11 caps and 3 goals for England

Born 12 October 1884 in Percy Main

Died 21 April 1963 aged 78

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1902 Newcastle United - 290 78 1913
1913 Arsenal - 177 21 1923
1923 Arsenal - 45 4 1926
1923 Stoke City - 0 0 1923
1926 Leyton Orient - 9 0 1927

Fred Heap

(Frederick Heap)
Defender
England

Born 12 October 1897 in Ashton-in-Ribble

Died 1981 aged 83

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1919 Bury - 268 5 1930

Duncan Walker

(Duncan Campbell Walker)
Forward
Scotland

Born 12 October 1899 in Alloa

Died 9 September 1963 aged 63

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1918 Dumbarton - 61 35 1921
1920 St Mirren - 75 65 1923
1923 Nottingham Forest - 82 29 1927
1927 Bo’ness Athletic - 4 0 1928

Pongo Waring

(Thomas Waring)
Forward
5 caps and 4 goals for England

Born 12 October 1906 in Birkenhead

Died 20 December 1980 aged 74

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1926 Tranmere Rovers - 23 24 1928
1928 Aston Villa - 216 159 1935
1935 Barnsley - 18 7 1936
1936 Wolverhampton Wanderers - 10 3 1936
1936 Tranmere Rovers - 74 42 1938
1938 Accrington Stanley - 22 10 1938
1938 Bath City - 1939

Jimmy Hanlon

(John James Hanlon)
Forward
England

Born 12 October 1917 in Manchester

Died 12 January 2002 aged 84

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1938 Manchester United - 63 20 1949
1948 Bury - 31 1 1950

T.G. Jones

(Thomas George Jones)
Defender
17 caps for Wales

Born 12 October 1917 in Queensferry

Died 3 January 2004 aged 86

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1934 Wrexham - 6 0 1936
1936 Everton £3,000 168 4 1950
1950 Pwllheli - 1957
1950 Pwllheli - 1957
1957 Bangor City - 1959
1957 Bangor City - 1967
1968 Rhyl - 1968

Allan Brown

(Allan Duncan Brown)
Forward
14 caps and 6 goals for Scotland

Born 12 October 1926 in Kennoway

Died 20 April 2011 aged 84

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1946 East Fife - 62 20 1950
1950 Blackpool £27,250 158 68 1957
1956 Luton Town £8,000 151 51 1961
1960 Portsmouth £4,000 69 8 1963
1963 Wigan Athletic - 1966
1966 Luton Town - 1969
1969 Torquay United - 1971
1972 Bury - 1973
1973 Nottingham Forest - 1975
1976 Blackpool - 1978
1976 Southport - 1976
1981 Blackpool - 1982

Don Howe

(Donald Howe)
Defender
23 caps for England

Born 12 October 1935 in Wolverhampton

Died 23 December 2015 aged 80

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1952 West Bromwich Albion - 342 17 1964
1964 Arsenal - 70 1 1967
1971 West Bromwich Albion - 1975
1983 Arsenal - 1986
1989 Queens Park Rangers - 1991
1992 Coventry City - 1992

Bill Curry

(William Morton Curry)
Forward
England

Born 12 October 1935 in Longbenton

Died 20 August 1990 aged 54

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1954 Newcastle United - 80 36 1959
1959 Brighton & Hove Albion - 49 26 1961
1960 Derby County - 148 67 1965
1964 Mansfield Town - 102 53 1968
1967 Chesterfield - 14 2 1969
1969 Boston Town loan 1969
1971 Boston Town - 1976
1977 Sutton Town - 1986

Willie Smith

(William Smith)
Forward
Scotland

Born 12 October 1942 in Cumnock

Died 8 December 2021 aged 79

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1966 Sheffield United - 2 1 1967

Chris Nicholl

(Christopher John Nicholl)
Defender
51 caps and 3 goals for Northern Ireland

Born 12 October 1946 in Wimslow, England

Died 25 February 2024 aged 77

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1968 FC Halifax Town - 42 3 1970
1969 Luton Town - 97 6 1972
1971 Aston Villa - 210 11 1977
1977 Southampton £90,000 228 8 1983
1983 Grimsby Town - 70 0 1985
1985 Southampton - 1991
1994 Walsall - 1997

Paul Went

(Paul Frank Went)
Defender
England

Born 12 October 1949 in Bromley-by-Bow

Died 4 January 2017 aged 67

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1965 Leyton Orient - 50 5 1967
1967 Charlton Athletic - 163 15 1972
1972 Fulham - 58 3 1974
1973 Portsmouth - 92 5 1977
1976 Cardiff City - 72 11 1979
1978 Leyton Orient - 45 3 1980

Jim McCaffrey

(James McCaffrey)
Winger
England

Born 12 October 1951 in Luton

Age 74

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1969 Nottingham Forest - 8 1 1970
1972 Mansfield Town - 178 21 1977
1976 Huddersfield Town - 27 0 1978
1977 Portsmouth - 12 1 1979
1978 Northampton Town - 57 6 1980

Jack Ashurst

(John Ashurst)
Defender
Scotland

Born 12 October 1954 in Renton

Age 71

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1972 Sunderland - 140 4 1980
1979 Blackpool - 53 3 1981
1981 Carlisle United - 194 2 1986
1986 Leeds United - 89 1 1988
1988 Doncaster Rovers - 139 2 1992
1992 Rochdale - 1 0 1993
1993 Frickley Athletic - 1994

Einar Aas

(Einar Jan Aas)
Defender
35 caps and 3 goals for Norway

Born 12 October 1955 in Moss

Age 70

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1972 Moss FK - 1979
1979 Bayern Munich - 13 1 1981
1980 Nottingham Forest - 21 1 1982
1983 Moss FK - 43 1 1987

Brian Flynn

Midfielder
66 caps and 7 goals for Wales

Born 12 October 1955 in Port Talbot

Age 70

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1973 Burnley - 120 8 1978
1977 Leeds United - 154 11 1983
1981 Burnley loan 2 0 1982
1982 Burnley - 80 11 1985
1984 Cardiff City - 32 0 1986
1985 Doncaster Rovers - 27 0 1986
1986 Bury - 19 0 1987
1987 Doncaster Rovers - 24 1 1988
1987 Wrexham - 100 5 1993
1989 Wrexham - 2001
2002 Swansea City - 2004
2010 Wales - 2010
2013 Doncaster Rovers - 2013

Allan Evans

(Allan James Evans)
Defender
4 caps for Scotland

Born 12 October 1956 in Dunfermline

Age 69

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1973 Dunfermline Athletic - 116 15 1977
1977 Aston Villa - 380 51 1989
1989 Leicester City - 14 0 1990
1990 Greenock Morton - 1991
1990 Darlington - 1 0 1991
2000 West Bromwich Albion - 2000

Paul Goddard

Forward
1 cap and 1 goal for England

Born 12 October 1959 in Harlington

Age 66

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1977 Queens Park Rangers - 70 23 1980
1980 West Ham United £800,000 170 54 1987
1986 Newcastle United - 61 19 1988
1988 Derby County - 49 15 1990
1989 Millwall - 20 1 1991
1990 Ipswich Town - 72 13 1994

Kevin Bartlett

(Kevin Francis Bartlett)
Forward
England

Born 12 October 1962 in Portsmouth

Age 63

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1980 Portsmouth - 3 0 1982
1982 Fareham Town - 0 0 1988
1986 Cardiff City - 82 25 1989
1988 West Bromwich Albion - 37 10 1990
1989 Notts County - 99 32 1993
1992 Port Vale loan 5 1 1993
1992 Cambridge United - 8 1 1993

Alan McDonald

Defender
52 caps and 3 goals for Northern Ireland

Born 12 October 1963 in Belfast

Died 23 June 2012 aged 48

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1981 Queens Park Rangers - 412 13 1997
1983 Charlton Athletic loan 9 0 1983
1997 Swindon Town Free 36 1 1998
2007 Glentoran - 2010

Bobby Mimms

(Robert Andrew Mimms)
Goalkeeper
England

Born 12 October 1963 in York

Age 62

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1981 Rotherham United £15,000 83 0 1985
1981 FC Halifax Town - 0 0 1981
1985 Everton £150,000 29 0 1988
1986 Sunderland loan 4 0 1987
1986 Notts County loan 2 0 1986
1987 Blackburn Rovers loan 6 0 1987
1987 Manchester City loan 3 0 1988
1988 Tottenham Hotspur £325,000 37 0 1990
1990 Aberdeen loan 6 0 1990
1990 Blackburn Rovers £250,000 128 0 1996
1996 Preston North End Free 27 0 1997
1996 Crystal Palace Free 1 0 1996
1997 Rotherham United Free 43 0 1998
1998 York City - 53 0 2000
1998 York City loan 10 0 1998
2000 Mansfield Town Free 45 0 2001

Perry Suckling

(Perry John Suckling)
Goalkeeper
England

Born 12 October 1965 in Leyton

Age 60

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1982 Coventry City - 27 0 1984
1986 Manchester City - 39 0 1988
1987 Crystal Palace - 59 0 1992
1989 West Ham United loan 6 0 1990
1991 Brentford loan 8 0 1992
1992 Watford - 39 0 1994
1994 Doncaster Rovers - 30 0 1996
1997 SuperSport United - 1999
1999 Dagenham & Redbridge - 2000
2000 Kings Lynn - 2001

Wim Jonk

(Wilhelmus Maria Jonk)
Midfielder
49 caps and 11 goals for Netherlands

Born 12 October 1966 in Volendam

Age 59

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1986 FC Volendam - 59 28 1988
1988 Ajax - 96 18 1993
1993 Inter Milan - 54 8 1995
1995 PSV Eindhoven - 89 20 1998
1998 Sheffield Wednesday £2,500,000 70 5 2001

Darren Pitcher

(Darren Edward James Pitcher)
DM
England

Born 12 October 1969 in Stepney

Died 25 November 2018 aged 49

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1988 Charlton Athletic - 173 8 1994
1994 Crystal Palace £700,000 64 0 1999
1998 Leyton Orient loan 1 0 1998

Ledley King

(Ledley Brenton King)
Defender
21 caps and 2 goals for England

Born 12 October 1980 in Bow, London

Age 45

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1998 Tottenham Hotspur - 268 10 2012

Shola Ameobi

(Foluwashola Ameobi)
Forward
10 caps and 2 goals for Nigeria

Born 12 October 1981 in Zaria

Age 44

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2000 Newcastle United - 312 53 2014
2008 Stoke City loan 6 0 2008
2015 Bolton Wanderers - 8 2 2016
2015 Crystal Palace Free 4 0 2015
2016 Fleetwood Town Free 10 1 2017
2017 Notts County Free 51 10 2018

Carlton Cole

(Carlton Michael George Cole)
Forward
7 caps for England

Born 12 October 1983 in Croydon

Age 42

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2001 Chelsea - 25 4 2006
2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers loan 7 1 2003
2003 Charlton Athletic loan 21 4 2004
2004 Aston Villa loan 27 3 2005
2006 West Ham United - 207 47 2013
2013 West Ham United Free 49 8 2015
2015 Celtic Free 4 0 2016
2016 Sacramento Republic - 4 0 2016

Cristhian Stuani

(Cristhian Ricardo Stuani)
Forward
50 caps and 8 goals for Uruguay

Born 12 October 1986 in Tala

Age 39

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2008 Reggina - 18 1 2012
2009 Albacete loan 39 22 2010
2010 Levante loan 30 8 2011
2011 Racing Santander loan 32 9 2012
2012 Espanyol - 103 25 2015
2015 Middlesbrough - 59 11 2017
2017 Girona - 262 130 Current

Henri Lansbury

(Henri George Lansbury)
Midfielder
England

Born 12 October 1990 in Enfield

Age 35

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2006 Arsenal - 3 0 2012
2009 Scunthorpe United loan 16 4 2009
2009 Watford loan 37 5 2010
2010 Norwich City loan 23 4 2011
2011 West Ham United loan 22 1 2012
2012 Nottingham Forest £1,000,000 145 32 2017
2017 Aston Villa £2,750,000 41 2 2021
2021 Bristol City Free 16 0 2021
2021 Luton Town Free 44 1 2023

Joe Ralls

(Joseph William Ralls)
Midfielder
England

Born 12 October 1993 in Aldershot

Age 32

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2011 Cardiff City - 384 32 2025
2013 Yeovil Town loan 37 3 2014
2025 Plymouth Argyle - 10 1 Current

Bruno Jordao

(Bruno Adrre Jordao)
Midfielder
Portugal

Born 12 October 1998 in Marinha Grande

Age 27

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2015 Uniao de Leiria - 23 4 2016
2016 SC Braga - 0 0 2017
2017 Lazio - 3 0 2019
2019 Wolverhampton Wanderers £8,000,000 1 0 2024
2020 F.C. Famalicão loan 9 1 2021
2022 Santa Clara loan 11 1 2023
2022 Grasshopper Club Zurich loan 12 0 2022
2023 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 - 0 0 2024
2024 Radomiak Radom - 48 0 2025
2025 CSKA Sofia - 7 0 Current

Tawanda Chirewa

(Tawanda Blessing Chirewa)
Midfielder
6 caps and 2 goals for Zimbabwe

Born 12 October 2003 in Chelmsford, England

Age 22

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2019 Ipswich Town - 0 0 2023
2023 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 - 0 0 2023
2023 Wolverhampton Wanderers - 10 0 Current
2024 Derby County loan 5 0 2025
2025 Huddersfield Town loan 13 0 2025
2026 Barnsley loan 1 0 Current