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Players born on 17 October

18 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 Cowan

(James Cowan)
Centre-half
3 caps for Scotland

Born 17 October 1868 in Jamestown

Died 12 December 1918 aged 50

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1889 Aston Villa - 316 22 1902
1906 Queens Park Rangers - 1913

Teddy Glennon

(Joseph Edward Glennon)
LL
England

Born 17 October 1889 in Whitwick

Died 26 June 1926 aged 36

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1907 Grimsby Town - 10 0 1909
1909 Denaby United - 1910
1910 Sheffield Wednesday - 121 41 1914
1919 Rotherham County - 65 17 1921
1921 Rotherham Town - 1922

Bob McGrory

(Robert Gerald McGrory)
Defender
Scotland

Born 17 October 1891 in Bishopton

Died 24 May 1954 aged 62

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1919 Dumbarton - 1919
1919 Burnley - 3 1920
1921 Stoke City - 479 1935
1935 Stoke City - 1952
1953 Merthyr Tydfil - 1953

Syd Puddefoot

(Sydney Charles Puddefoot)
Forward
2 caps for England

Born 17 October 1894 in Limehouse

Died 2 October 1972 aged 77

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1913 West Ham United - 103 64 1922
1922 Falkirk £5,000 1925
1924 Blackburn Rovers £4,000 250 79 1931
1932 Fenerbahce SK - 1933
1932 West Ham United - 22 3 1933
1933 Galatasaray - 1935
1935 Northampton Town - 1937

Reg Hollingworth

(Reginald Hollingworth)
Centre-half
England

Born 17 October 1909 in Doncaster

Died 8 July 1969 aged 59

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1928 Wolverhampton Wanderers - 167 7 1935

Bob Iverson

(Robert Thomas James Iverson)
Winger
England

Born 17 October 1910 in Folkestone

Died 19 July 1953 aged 42

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1933 Lincoln City - 41 13 1934
1934 Wolverhampton Wanderers - 35 7 1936
1936 Aston Villa - 135 9 1948

Willie Buchan

(William Ralston Murray Buchan)
Forward
1 cap for Scotland

Born 17 October 1914 in Grangemouth

Died 6 July 2003 aged 88

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1933 Celtic - 123 50 1937
1937 Blackpool £10,000 94 35 1948
1948 Hull City - 40 12 1949
1949 Gateshead - 89 16 1952
1953 Coleraine - 1954
1955 East Stirlingshire - 10 2 1956

Frank Beattie

(Francis Whitfield Beattie)
Winger
Scotland

Born 17 October 1933 in Stirling

Died 19 November 2009 aged 76

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1954 Kilmarnock - 422 34 1972
1972 Albion Rovers - 1973
1973 Stirling Albion - 1974

Johnny Haynes

(John Norman Haynes)
Forward
56 caps and 18 goals for England

Born 17 October 1934 in Kentish Town

Died 18 October 2005 aged 71

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1952 Fulham - 594 146 1970
1968 Fulham - 1968
1972 Wealdstone - 1973

Frank Blunstone

OL
5 caps for England

Born 17 October 1934 in Crewe

Age 91

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1951 Crewe Alexandra - 48 12 1953
1952 Chelsea - 317 47 1964
1969 Brentford - 1973
1984 Brentford - 1984

Jim Smith

(James Michael Smith)
Winger
England

Born 17 October 1940 in Sheffield

Died 10 December 2019 aged 79

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1959 Sheffield United - 0 0 1961
1961 Aldershot Town - 74 1 1965
1965 FC Halifax Town - 113 7 1968
1967 Lincoln City - 54 0 1969
1969 Boston United - 123 13 1972
1972 Colchester United - 8 0 1973
1973 Colchester United - 1975
1975 Blackburn Rovers - 1978
1978 Birmingham City - 1982
1982 Oxford United - 1985
1985 Queens Park Rangers - 1988
1988 Newcastle United - 1991
1991 Portsmouth - 1995
1995 Derby County - 2001
2006 Oxford United - 2007
2008 Oxford United - 2008

Les Green

(Leslie Green)
Goalkeeper
England

Born 17 October 1941 in Atherstone

Died 30 July 2012 aged 70

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1958 Atherstone Town - 1960
1961 Hull City - 4 0 1962
1962 Nuneaton Town - 1965
1965 Hartlepool United - 34 0 1967
1965 Burton Albion - 1965
1967 Rochdale - 44 0 1968
1968 Derby County £7,000 107 0 1971
1994 Tamworth - 1995

Gerry Bridgwood

(Gerald Bridgwood)
Midfielder
England

Born 17 October 1944 in Stoke-on-Trent

Died 2 March 2012 aged 67

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1960 Stoke City - 95 6 1969
1968 Shrewsbury Town £12,000 117 7 1973

Paddy Greenwood

Defender
England

Born 17 October 1946 in Hull

Age 79

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1965 Hull City - 149 3 1972
1971 Barnsley - 111 6 1974
1974 Nottingham Forest - 15 0 1975

Bobby Owen

(Robert Owen)
Forward
England

Born 17 October 1947 in Farnworth

Age 78

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1964 Bury - 83 38 1968
1968 Manchester City - 22 3 1970
1969 Swansea City loan 6 1 1970
1970 Carlisle United - 204 51 1977
1976 Northampton Town loan 5 0 1977
1976 Bury loan 4 1 1977
1976 Workington loan 8 2 1977
1977 Doncaster Rovers - 77 22 1979

Francis Burns

Defender
1 cap for Scotland

Born 17 October 1948 in Glenboig

Age 77

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1967 Manchester United - 121 6 1972
1972 Southampton £50,000 21 0 1973
1973 Preston North End - 273 9 1981
1981 Shamrock Rovers - 1982

Davie Robertson

(David Alexander Robertson BEM)
Defender
3 caps for Scotland

Born 17 October 1968 in Aberdeen

Age 57

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1986 Aberdeen - 135 2 1991
1991 Rangers £970,000 183 15 1997
1997 Leeds United £500,000 26 0 2001
2002 Montrose Free 7 0 2005
2003 Elgin City - 2005
2006 Montrose - 2007
2012 Phoenix FC - 2013
2017 Real Kashmir - 2022
2022 Peterhead - 2023

Graeme Le Saux

(Graeme Pierre Le Saux)
Defender
36 caps and 1 goal for England

Born 17 October 1968 in Jersey

Age 57

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1987 Chelsea - 90 8 1993
1993 Blackburn Rovers £700,000 129 7 1997
1997 Chelsea £7,000,000 140 4 2003
2003 Southampton - 44 1 2005
2012 Wembley - 0 0 2012

Andre Villas-Boas

(Luis Andre de Pina Cabral e Villas-Boas)
UNKNOWN
Portugal

Born 17 October 1977 in Porto

Age 48

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2009 Academica de Coimbra - 2011
2010 FC Porto - 2011
2011 Chelsea - 2012
2012 Tottenham Hotspur - 2013
2014 Zenit St Petersburg - 2016
2019 Olympique Marseille - 2021

Kevin Lisbie

(Kevin Anthony Lisbie)
Forward
10 caps and 2 goals for Jamaica

Born 17 October 1978 in Hackney, England

Age 47

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1995 Charlton Athletic - 155 16 2007
1999 Reading loan 2 0 1999
1999 Gillingham loan 7 4 1999
2000 Queens Park Rangers loan 2 0 2001
2005 Norwich City loan 6 1 2005
2006 Derby County loan 7 1 2006
2007 Colchester United Free 42 17 2008
2008 Ipswich Town £600,000 41 6 2011
2009 Colchester United loan 41 13 2010
2010 Millwall loan 20 4 2011
2011 Leyton Orient Free 111 46 2015
2015 Barnet Free 3 0 2017
2015 Stevenage loan 3 0 2015
2017 Whitehawk - 2 0 2017
2019 Cray Valley PM - 47 40 2019

Collins John

Forward
2 caps for Netherlands

Born 17 October 1985 in Zwandru, Liberia

Age 40

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2003 FC Twente - 35 11 2004
2004 Fulham - 95 20 2008
2007 Leicester City loan 11 2 2007
2008 Watford loan 5 0 2008
2008 NEC Nijmegen loan 5 0 2009
2009 K.S.V. Roeselare - 11 0 2010
2010 Chicago Fire - 17 3 2010
2011 Gabala FK - 3 0 2011
2012 Barnet - 1 0 2013
2013 Piast Gliwice - 2 0 2013
2014 Pittsburgh Riverhounds - 13 4 2014

Elliot Grandin

Winger
France

Born 17 October 1987 in Caen

Age 38

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2004 SM Caen - 58 9 2008
2008 Olympique Marseille £400,000 16 2 2009
2009 Grenoble loan 8 0 2009
2010 CSKA Sofia Free 11 4 2010
2010 Blackpool - 42 6 2013
2012 OGC Nice loan 12 0 2012
2013 Crystal Palace Free 0 0 2014
2014 FC Astra Giurgiu - 2 1 2016
2014 Blackpool loan 7 1 2014
2016 Shrewsbury Town Free 0 0 2016
2017 Ermis Aradippou - 13 3 2017
2018 Frejus Saint-Raphael - 9 0 2019
2020 Grimsby Town Free 5 0 2020

George Friend

(George Andrew Jordan Friend)
Defender
England

Born 17 October 1987 in Barnstaple

Age 38

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2005 Tiverton Town loan 2005
2005 Exeter City - 39 1 2008
2007 Team Bath loan 2007
2008 Wolverhampton Wanderers - 7 0 2010
2009 Southend United loan 6 1 2009
2009 Scunthorpe United loan 4 0 2009
2009 Millwall loan 6 0 2009
2010 Doncaster Rovers Free 59 1 2012
2010 Exeter City loan 13 1 2010
2012 Middlesbrough - 266 9 2020
2020 Birmingham City Free 46 0 2023
2023 Bristol Rovers Free 12 0 2024

Dwight Gayle

(Dwight Devon Boyd Gayle)
Forward
England

Born 17 October 1989 in Walthamstow

Age 36

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2009 Stansted - 2011
2012 Bishop's Stortford loan 42 29 2013
2012 Dagenham & Redbridge - 18 7 2013
2012 Peterborough United loan 9 7 2013
2013 Peterborough United £500,000 20 6 2013
2013 Crystal Palace £6,000,000 64 15 2016
2016 Newcastle United £10,000,000 113 34 2022
2018 West Bromwich Albion loan 39 23 2019
2022 Stoke City - 45 3 2024
2024 Hibernian Free 28 6 2025
2024 Derby County - 6 3 2024

Kenneth Omeruo

(Kenneth Josiah Omeruo)
Defender
69 caps and 1 goal for Nigeria

Born 17 October 1993 in Abia State

Age 32

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2011 Chelsea - 0 0 2019
2012 ADO Den Haag loan 36 2 2013
2014 Middlesbrough loan 19 0 2015
2014 Middlesbrough loan 14 0 2014
2015 Kasimpasa loan 25 0 2024
2016 Alanyaspor loan 26 1 2017
2017 Kasimpasa loan 28 1 2024
2018 CD Leganés loan 28 0 2019
2019 CD Leganés £4,000,000 86 5 2023
2023 Kasimpasa - 28 1 2024
2025 CFR Cluj - 0 0 Current

Tommy Doyle

(Thomas Glyn Doyle)
Midfielder
England

Born 17 October 2001 in Manchester

Age 24

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2019 Manchester City U21s - 0 0 2021
2019 Manchester City - 1 0 2024
2021 Hamburg SV loan 6 1 2022
2022 Cardiff City loan 19 2 2022
2022 Sheffield United loan 33 3 2023
2023 Wolverhampton Wanderers loan 26 0 2024
2024 Wolverhampton Wanderers £4,300,000 24 0 Current
2025 Birmingham City loan 38 0 Current