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Players born on 5 October

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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.

Pat Nelis

(Patrick Nelis)
Forward
1 cap for Ireland

Born 5 October 1898 in Derry

Died 1970 aged 71

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1920 Accrington Stanley - 11 14 1921
1921 Nottingham Forest - 59 13 1925
1925 Wigan Borough - 16 1 1926

Dave McCulloch

(David McCulloch)
Forward
7 caps and 3 goals for Scotland

Born 5 October 1911 in Hamilton

Died 21 June 1979 aged 67

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1932 Third Lanark - 1934
1934 Hearts £530 57 54 1935
1935 Brentford £6,000 117 85 1938
1938 Derby County £9,500 34 16 1946
1946 Leicester City - 4 2 1947
1947 Bath City - 1949
1951 Alloa Athletic - 1952

Harry McIlvenny

(Harold Jowett McIlvenny)
Forward
England

Born 5 October 1922 in Bradford

Died 29 June 2009 aged 86

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1945 Yorkshire Amateur - 1946
1946 Bradford (Park Avenue) - 43 17 1950
1950 Bishop Auckland - 1953

Jock Stein

(John Stein CBE)
Centre-half
Scotland

Born 5 October 1922 in Burnbank

Died 10 September 1985 aged 62

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1946 Albion Rovers - 71 4 1950
1950 Llanelli - 44 5 1951
1951 Celtic £1,200 106 2 1956
1960 Dunfermline Athletic - 1964
1964 Hibernian - 1965
1965 Celtic - 1978
1965 Scotland - 1965
1978 Scotland - 1985
1978 Leeds United - 1978

Ron Batty

(Ronald Robson Batty)
Defender
England

Born 5 October 1925 in West Stanley

Died 1971 aged 45

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1948 Newcastle United - 161 1 1958
1957 Gateshead - 40 0 1959
1958 Gateshead - 1959

Brian Richardson

HB
England

Born 5 October 1934 in Sheffield

Died 28 May 2020 aged 85

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1955 Sheffield United - 291 9 1965
1965 Swindon Town - 11 0 1966
1966 Rochdale - 19 1 1967

Ronnie Cope

(Ronald Cope)
Centre-half
England

Born 5 October 1934 in Crewe

Died 27 August 2016 aged 81

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1956 Manchester United - 93 2 1961
1961 Luton Town £10,000 28 0 1963
1965 Northwich Victoria - 1966

Les Lea

(Leslie Lea)
Winger
England

Born 5 October 1942 in Manchester

Age 83

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1960 Blackpool - 160 13 1968
1967 Cardiff City - 76 6 1970
1970 Barnsley - 205 32 1976

Thomson Allan

(Thomson Sandlands Allan)
Goalkeeper
2 caps for Scotland

Born 5 October 1946 in Longridge

Age 79

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1965 Hibernian - 70 0 1970
1967 Toronto City loan 12 0 1967
1972 Dundee - 159 0 1978
1978 Hearts - 24 0 1980
1978 Meadowbank Thistle loan 2 0 1979
1980 Falkirk - 12 0 1981
1983 East Stirlingshire - 1 0 1983

Dave Galvin

(David Galvin)
Defender
England

Born 5 October 1946 in Denaby Main

Age 79

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1968 Wolverhampton Wanderers - 5 0 1969
1969 Gillingham - 245 17 1977
1977 Wimbledon - 73 7 1979
1979 Ebbsfleet United - 0 0 1980
1980 Canterbury City - 1981

Dave Watson

(David Vernon Watson)
Defender
65 caps and 4 goals for England

Born 5 October 1946 in Stapleford

Age 79

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1966 Notts County - 25 1 1968
1967 Rotherham United £1,000 121 19 1971
1970 Sunderland £100,000 177 27 1975
1975 Manchester City £175,000 146 4 1979
1979 Southampton £200,000 73 7 1982
1979 Werder Bremen - 2 0 1979
1981 Stoke City - 59 5 1983
1983 Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 1983
1983 Derby County - 34 1 1984
1984 Notts County - 25 1 1985
1985 Kettering Town - 14 3 1986

Alan Wilks

Forward
England

Born 5 October 1946 in Slough

Age 79

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1966 Queens Park Rangers - 50 14 1971
1971 Gillingham - 151 29 1976

Graham Turner

(Graham John Turner)
Defender
England

Born 5 October 1947 in Ellesmere Port

Age 78

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1964 Wrexham - 77 0 1968
1967 Chester - 218 5 1973
1972 Shrewsbury Town - 355 22 1984
1978 Shrewsbury Town - 1984
1984 Aston Villa - 1986
1986 Wolverhampton Wanderers - 1994
1995 Hereford - 2009
2010 Hereford - 2010
2010 Shrewsbury Town - 2014

Drew Jarvie

(Andrew Jarvie)
Forward
3 caps for Scotland

Born 5 October 1948 in Annathill

Age 77

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1967 Airdrieonians - 143 50 1972
1972 Aberdeen - 274 85 1982
1982 Airdrieonians - 28 5 1984
1983 St Mirren - 16 3 1986

Dave Thomas

(David Thomas)
Winger
8 caps for England

Born 5 October 1950 in Kirkby-in-Ashfield

Age 75

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1966 Burnley - 157 19 1973
1972 Queens Park Rangers - 182 28 1977
1977 Everton - 71 4 1979
1979 Wolverhampton Wanderers - 10 0 1980
1981 Middlesbrough - 13 1 1982
1982 Portsmouth - 30 0 1985

Willie Donachie

(William Donachie)
Defender
35 caps for Scotland

Born 5 October 1951 in Glasgow

Age 74

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1969 Manchester City - 351 2 1980
1981 Norwich City - 11 0 1982
1982 Burnley - 60 3 1984
1984 Oldham Athletic - 169 3 1991
2006 Millwall - 2007
2008 Antigua and Barbuda - 2008

Alan Dwyer

(Robert Alan Dwyer)
Defender
England

Born 5 October 1952 in Liverpool

Age 73

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1974 Wrexham - 180 2 1981
1981 Stockport County - 4 0 1982

Ian Moores

(Ian Richard Moores)
Forward
England

Born 5 October 1954 in Chesterton

Died 12 January 1998 aged 43

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1973 Stoke City - 50 14 1976
1976 Tottenham Hotspur - 29 6 1979
1978 Leyton Orient - 117 26 1982
1982 Barnsley loan 3 0 1983
1982 Bolton Wanderers - 26 3 1983
1983 APOEL - 116 39 1988
1988 Tamworth - 1990

Graham Oakey

Defender
England

Born 5 October 1954 in Droitwich

Age 71

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1974 Coventry City - 88 0 1978

Jimmy Lindsay

(James Alexander Lindsay)
Winger
Scotland

Born 5 October 1958 in Bellshill

Age 67

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1976 Motherwell - 21 1 1979
1979 Ayr United - 12 1 1980
1980 Stirling Albion - 3 0 1981
1982 Petershill - 90 19 1985
2005 Albion Rovers - 2005
2011 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy - 2013

Brian Horne

(Brian Simon Horne)
Goalkeeper
England

Born 5 October 1967 in Billericay

Age 58

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1986 Millwall - 163 0 1991
1992 Middlesbrough loan 4 0 1993
1992 Stoke City loan 1 0 1993
1993 Portsmouth - 3 0 1994
1994 Hartlepool United - 73 0 1996
1996 Dover Athletic - 1997
1997 Farnborough - 1997

Mauricio Pellegrino

(Mauricio Andres Pellegrino)
Defender
3 caps for Argentina

Born 5 October 1971 in Leones

Age 54

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1990 Vélez Sarsfield - 186 11 1999
1998 Barcelona loan 23 0 1999
2000 Valencia CF - 137 6 2005
2005 Alaves - 13 0 2006
2005 Liverpool Free 12 0 2005
2012 Valencia CF - 2012
2013 Club Sportivo Estudiantes - 2015
2015 Club Atlético Independiente - 2016
2016 Alaves - 2017
2017 Southampton - 2018
2018 CD Leganés - 2019
2020 Vélez Sarsfield - 2022
2022 Club Universidad de Chile - Current

Efe Sodje

(Efetobore Peter Sodje)
Defender
12 caps and 1 goal for Nigeria

Born 5 October 1972 in Greenwich, England

Age 53

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1996 Stevenage - 116 9 1997
1997 Macclesfield £30,000 83 6 1999
1999 Luton Town Free 9 0 2000
2000 Colchester United loan 3 0 2000
2000 Crewe Alexandra Free 97 3 2003
2003 Huddersfield Town Free 70 5 2005
2005 Yeovil Town Free 25 3 2006
2006 Southend United loan 36 2 2007
2006 Southend United loan 1 0 2006
2007 Gillingham Free 13 0 2008
2008 Bury Free 182 15 2013
2008 Bury loan 16 1 2008
2013 Macclesfield Free 6 0 2018
2013 Barrow loan 9 0 2013

Alain Goma

Defender
2 caps for France

Born 5 October 1972 in Sault

Age 53

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1996 Auxerre - 166 4 1997
1998 Paris Saint-Germain - 30 0 1999
1999 Newcastle United £4,700,000 33 1 2001
2001 Fulham £4,000,000 117 0 2006

Darren Bazeley

(Darren Shaun Bazeley)
Defender
England

Born 5 October 1972 in Northampton

Age 53

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1991 Watford - 239 21 1999
1999 Wolverhampton Wanderers Free 70 4 2002
2002 Walsall Free 89 0 2005

Mark Gower

Midfielder
England

Born 5 October 1978 in Edmonton

Age 47

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1996 Tottenham Hotspur - 0 0 2001
1999 Motherwell loan 9 1 1999
2001 Barnet £32,500 90 15 2003
2003 Southend United £25,000 203 35 2008
2008 Swansea City Free 128 3 2013
2013 Charlton Athletic Free 7 0 2014
2013 Charlton Athletic loan 6 0 2013
2015 Ebbsfleet United - 2 0 2017

Kenwyne Jones

(Kenwyne Joel Jones CM)
Forward
91 caps and 23 goals for Trinidad and Tobago

Born 5 October 1984 in Point Fortin

Age 41

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2002 Joe Public - 11 9 2002
2003 W Connection - 0 0 2004
2003 Southampton - 2004
2004 Southampton - 71 19 2007
2004 Sheffield Wednesday loan 7 7 2005
2005 Stoke City loan 13 3 2005
2007 Sunderland £6,000,000 94 26 2010
2010 Stoke City £8,000,000 88 13 2014
2014 Cardiff City - 64 17 2015
2015 AFC Bournemouth loan 6 1 2015
2016 Atlanta United - 17 2 2017
2016 Al Jazira Club loan 11 3 2016

Tim Ream

(Timothy Michael Ream)
Defender
62 caps and 1 goal for United States

Born 5 October 1987 in St Louis

Age 38

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2008 Chicago Fire - 19 0 2009
2010 New York Red Bulls - 58 1 2012
2012 Bolton Wanderers £2,500,000 114 0 2015
2015 Fulham - 281 5 2024
2024 Charlotte FC - 8 1 Current

Kevin Mirallas

(Kevin Antonio Joel Gislain Mirallas)
Winger
60 caps and 10 goals for Belgium

Born 5 October 1987 in Liège

Age 38

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2005 Lille OSC - 76 10 2009
2009 Saint-Étienne - 53 3 2011
2011 Olympiakos Free 52 34 2012
2012 Everton £6,000,000 151 29 2019
2018 Olympiakos loan 13 2 2018
2018 Fiorentina loan 27 2 2019
2019 Royal Antwerp Free 18 2 2020
2020 Gazişehir Gaziantep F.K. - 28 5 2022
2022 Moreirense - 8 1 2022
2022 AEL Limassol - 21 4 2023