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Players born on 16 October

17 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.

Jimmy McEwen

(James McEwen)
Defender
England

Born 16 October 1872 in Bootle

Died 28 May 1942 aged 69

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1892 Bootle - 14 0 1893
1893 Everton - 50 0 1894
1897 Luton Town - 30 1 1898
1898 Glossop North End - 33 1 1899
1899 Bury - 102 0 1900
1903 Luton Town - 0 0 1905
1905 Norwich City - 1908
1907 Norwich City - 1908
1915 Arsenal - 1919

Jimmy Allen

(James Phillips Allen)
Centre-half
2 caps for England

Born 16 October 1909 in Poole

Died 5 February 1995 aged 85

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1927 Poole Town - 1930
1930 Portsmouth - 132 1 1934
1934 Aston Villa £10,775 147 2 1944
1948 Colchester United - 1953

Allan Mellor

(John Allan Mellor)
Midfielder
England

Born 16 October 1921 in Droylsden

Died 1997 aged 75

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1946 Ashton United - 1947
1947 Hull City - 104 4 1952

Ivor Allchurch

(Ivor John Allchurch MBE)
Forward
68 caps and 23 goals for Wales

Born 16 October 1929 in Swansea

Died 10 July 1997 aged 67

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1949 Swansea City - 330 124 1959
1958 Newcastle United £28,000 143 46 1962
1962 Cardiff City - 103 39 1965
1965 Swansea City - 118 42 1968

Norman Sykes

Winger
England

Born 16 October 1936 in Bristol

Died 9 December 2009 aged 73

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1956 Bristol Rovers - 214 5 1964
1964 Plymouth Argyle £2,000 3 0 1965
1965 Stockport County - 52 7 1967
1966 Doncaster Rovers - 15 0 1967

Jimmy Smith

(James Alexander Grant Smith)
Defender
Scotland

Born 16 October 1937 in Arbroath

Died 10 April 2002 aged 64

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1955 Preston North End - 314 13 1969
1969 Stockport County - 78 2 1972

Tommy Gemmell

(Thomas Gemmell)
Defender
18 caps and 1 goal for Scotland

Born 16 October 1943 in Motherwell

Died 2 March 2017 aged 73

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1962 Celtic - 247 37 1972
1971 Nottingham Forest - 39 6 1973
1973 Dundee - 94 8 1977
1977 Dundee - 1980
1986 Albion Rovers - 1987
1993 Albion Rovers - 1994

Ken Mulhearn

(Kenneth John Mulhearn)
Goalkeeper
England

Born 16 October 1945 in Liverpool

Died 13 March 2018 aged 72

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1964 Stockport County - 100 0 1968
1967 Manchester City - 50 0 1970
1970 Shrewsbury Town - 370 0 1980
1980 Crewe Alexandra - 88 0 1982

Dudley Roberts

(Dudley Edward Roberts)
Forward
England

Born 16 October 1945 in Derby

Died 6 July 2024 aged 78

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1965 Coventry City - 12 6 1968
1967 Mansfield Town - 200 66 1974
1972 Doncaster Rovers loan 7 0 1973
1973 Scunthorpe United - 59 17 1976

Steve Derrett

(Stephen Clifford Derrett)
Defender
4 caps for Wales

Born 16 October 1947 in Cardiff

Age 78

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1966 Cardiff City - 66 0 1972
1972 Carlisle United - 13 0 1973
1973 Aldershot Town loan 4 0 1974
1973 Rotherham United - 81 2 1976
1976 Newport County - 61 0 1978

Tommy Veitch

(Thomas Veitch)
Midfielder
Scotland

Born 16 October 1949 in Edinburgh

Died 16 October 1987 aged 38

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1968 Hearts - 46 2 1972
1972 Tranmere Rovers - 79 5 1975
1975 FC Halifax Town - 22 0 1976
1976 Hartlepool United - 10 0 1977
1976 Greenock Morton - 51 0 1978
1978 Airdrieonians - 37 0 1980
1980 Queen Of The South - 3 0 1981

Steve Buckley

(Steven Buckley)
Defender
England

Born 16 October 1953 in Eastwood

Age 72

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1972 Burton Albion - 1974
1974 Luton Town - 123 9 1978
1977 Derby County - 323 21 1986
1986 Lincoln City - 36 2 1987
1988 Boston United - 56 0 1990

Dave Shearer

(David John Shearer)
Forward
Scotland

Born 16 October 1958 in Inverness

Died 3 July 2022 aged 63

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1977 Middlesbrough - 97 23 1983
1979 Wigan Athletic loan 11 9 1980
1983 Grimsby Town - 4 0 1984
1984 Gillingham - 93 42 1988
1987 AFC Bournemouth - 11 3 1988
1987 Scunthorpe United - 16 8 1989
1988 Darlington - 7 0 1989

Graeme Sharp

(Graeme Marshall Sharp)
Forward
12 caps and 1 goal for Scotland

Born 16 October 1960 in Glasgow

Age 65

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1978 Dumbarton - 40 17 1980
1979 Everton £120,000 322 111 1991
1991 Oldham Athletic £500,000 109 30 1995
1994 Oldham Athletic - 1997
1997 Bangor City - 1998
1997 Bangor City - 1997

Wayne Allison

(Dr Wayne Anthony Allison)
Forward
England

Born 16 October 1968 in Huddersfield

Age 57

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1987 FC Halifax Town - 84 23 1989
1989 Watford £250,000 7 0 1990
1990 Bristol City £300,000 195 48 1995
1995 Swindon Town £475,000 103 31 1997
1997 Huddersfield Town £800,000 76 15 1999
1999 Tranmere Rovers £300,000 102 26 2002
2002 Sheffield United Free 73 7 2004
2004 Chesterfield Free 115 22 2008
2008 Chester Free 0 2008
2008 Chester - 2008

Thomas Myhre

(Thomas Harald Myhre)
Goalkeeper
56 caps for Norway

Born 16 October 1973 in Sarpsborg

Age 52

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1993 Viking - 94 0 1997
1997 Everton £800,000 70 0 2001
1999 Rangers loan 3 0 1999
2000 Birmingham City loan 7 0 2000
2000 Tranmere Rovers loan 3 0 2000
2001 FC Copenhagen loan 14 0 2001
2001 Besiktas JK £375,000 13 0 2002
2002 Sunderland Free 37 0 2005
2003 Crystal Palace loan 15 0 2004
2005 Fredrikstad FK Free 3 0 2005
2005 Charlton Athletic Free 21 0 2007
2007 Viking - 46 0 2010
2010 Kongsvinger IL - 20 0 2011

David Unsworth

(David Gerald Unsworth)
Defender
1 cap for England

Born 16 October 1973 in Chorley

Age 52

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1992 Everton - 117 11 1997
1997 West Ham United - 32 2 1998
1998 Everton £3,000,000 188 23 2004
1998 Aston Villa £3,000,000 0 0 1998
2004 Portsmouth Free 15 2 2005
2005 Sheffield United Free 39 4 2007
2005 Ipswich Town loan 16 1 2005
2007 Wigan Athletic Free 10 1 2007
2007 Burnley Free 29 1 2008
2008 Huddersfield Town Free 4 0 2009
2010 Preston North End - 2011
2011 Preston North End - 2012
2016 Everton - 2016
2017 Everton - 2017
2022 Oldham Athletic - 2023

Brynjar Gunnarsson

(Brynjar Bjorn Gunnarsson)
DM
74 caps and 5 goals for Iceland

Born 16 October 1975 in Reykjavik

Age 50

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1995 KR - 50 1 1997
1998 Valerenga - 4 0 1998
1998 Moss FK loan 5 2 1998
1999 Orgryte IS - 24 1 1999
1999 Stoke City £600,000 131 16 2003
2003 Nottingham Forest Free 13 0 2004
2004 Stoke City loan 3 0 2004
2004 Watford Free 36 3 2005
2005 Reading - 142 9 2014
2013 KR - 16 2 2013

Nathan Patterson

(Nathan Kenneth Patterson)
Defender
23 caps and 1 goal for Scotland

Born 16 October 2001 in Glasgow

Age 24

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2018 Rangers U20 - 0 0 Current
2020 Rangers - 13 0 2022
2022 Everton £12,000,000 56 0 Current
2023 Everton U21 - 0 0 Current