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Players born on 6 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.

Jack Bell

(John Bell)
Winger
10 caps and 5 goals for Scotland

Born 6 October 1868 in Dumbarton

Died 12 April 1956 aged 87

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1890 Dumbarton - 52 46 1893
1892 Everton - 130 52 1898
1898 Celtic - 35 19 1900
1900 New Brighton Tower - 22 9 1901
1901 Everton - 47 10 1903
1903 Preston North End - 109 25 1908

Billy Garraty

(William Garraty)
Forward
1 cap for England

Born 6 October 1878 in Saltley

Died 6 May 1931 aged 52

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1896 Aston Shakespeare - 1897
1897 Aston Villa - 224 96 1908
1908 West Bromwich Albion - 53 20 1910
1908 Leicester City - 6 0 1908
1910 Lincoln City - 16 2 1911

Charlie Deacey

(Charles Deacey)
Centre-half
England

Born 6 October 1889 in Wednesbury

Died 1952 aged 62

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1908 Wednesbury Town - 1909
1909 Wednesbury Old Athletic - 1910
1910 West Bromwich Albion - 18 0 1914
1914 Hull City - 75 4 1920
1920 Grimsby Town - 90 4 1923
1923 Pontypridd United - 1924
1924 Merthyr Town - 0 0 1925

Billy Moore

(William Gray Bruce Moore)
Forward
1 cap and 2 goals for England

Born 6 October 1894 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Died 26 September 1968 aged 73

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1913 Sunderland - 46 11 1922
1922 West Ham United - 181 42 1929

Taffy O'Callaghan

(Eugene O'Callaghan)
Forward
11 caps for Wales

Born 6 October 1906 in Ebbw Vale

Died 4 July 1956 aged 49

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1926 Tottenham Hotspur - 252 92 1934
1934 Leicester City - 84 30 1937
1937 Fulham - 41 6 1939

Tommy Lawton

(Thomas Lawton)
Forward
23 caps and 22 goals for England

Born 6 October 1919 in Farnworth

Died 6 November 1996 aged 77

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1935 Burnley - 25 16 1936
1936 Everton - 87 65 1939
1946 Chelsea - 42 30 1948
1947 Notts County - 151 90 1952
1951 Brentford - 50 17 1954
1953 Brentford - 1953
1953 Arsenal - 35 13 1956
1957 Notts County - 1958

Doug Winton

(George Douglas Winton)
Defender
Scotland

Born 6 October 1929 in Perth

Died 29 October 2006 aged 77

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1951 Burnley - 183 1 1959
1958 Aston Villa - 37 0 1961
1961 Rochdale - 119 0 1964

Willie Carlin

(William Carlin)
Midfielder
England

Born 6 October 1940 in Liverpool

Died 10 June 2024 aged 83

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1959 Liverpool - 1 0 1960
1962 FC Halifax Town - 95 32 1964
1964 Carlisle United - 93 21 1968
1967 Sheffield United - 36 3 1969
1968 Derby County - 89 14 1971
1970 Leicester City - 31 1 1972
1971 Notts County - 60 2 1974
1973 Cardiff City - 22 1 1974

Alan Hinton

(Alan Thomas Hinton)
Winger
3 caps and 1 goal for England

Born 6 October 1942 in Wednesbury

Age 83

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1961 Wolverhampton Wanderers - 75 29 1964
1963 Nottingham Forest - 112 24 1968
1967 Derby County - 253 64 1976

Larry Lloyd

(Laurence Valentine Lloyd)
Defender
4 caps for England

Born 6 October 1948 in Bristol

Died 28 March 2024 aged 75

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1968 Bristol Rovers - 43 1 1969
1969 Liverpool - 150 4 1974
1974 Coventry City - 50 5 1977
1976 Nottingham Forest - 148 6 1981
1980 Wigan Athletic - 52 2 1983
1981 Wigan Athletic - 1983
1983 Notts County - 1984

Dave Staniforth

(David Albry Staniforth)
Forward
England

Born 6 October 1950 in Chesterfield

Age 75

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1968 Sheffield United - 26 3 1974
1973 Bristol Rovers £20,000 151 32 1979
1979 Bradford City £24,000 115 25 1982
1982 FC Halifax Town - 69 21 1984

Stuart Metcalfe

Midfielder
England

Born 6 October 1950 in Blackburn

Died 6 August 2020 aged 69

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1967 Blackburn Rovers - 386 21 1980
1980 Carlisle United - 25 3 1981
1982 Blackburn Rovers - 1 0 1983
1982 Crewe Alexandra - 3 0 1983

David Gregory

(David Harry Gregory)
Forward
England

Born 6 October 1951 in Peterborough

Age 74

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1973 Peterborough United - 142 32 1977
1977 Stoke City - 23 3 1978
1978 Blackburn Rovers loan 5 3 1979
1978 Bury - 52 13 1980
1979 Portsmouth - 74 18 1982
1982 Wrexham - 153 31 1986
1986 Peterborough United - 31 8 1987

Jim McDonagh

(Seamus Martin McDonagh)
Goalkeeper
25 caps for Republic of Ireland

Born 6 October 1952 in Rotherham, England

Age 73

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1970 Rotherham United - 121 0 1976
1976 Bolton Wanderers - 161 0 1980
1980 Everton - 40 0 1981
1981 Bolton Wanderers - 81 1 1983
1983 Notts County - 35 0 1985
1984 Birmingham City loan 1 0 1985
1984 Gillingham loan 10 0 1985
1985 Sunderland loan 7 0 1986
1987 Huddersfield Town loan 6 0 1988
1987 Scarborough - 9 0 1988
1988 Charlton Athletic - 0 0 1989
1988 Galway United - 20 0 1989
1988 Galway United - 1989
1989 Spalding United - 1990
1990 Grantham Town - 1 0 1990
1990 Telford United - 6 0 1991
1991 Grantham Town - 1993
1993 Arnold Town - 9 0 1994

Mike Brolly

(Michael Joseph Brolly)
Winger
Scotland

Born 6 October 1954 in Kilmarnock

Age 71

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1972 Chelsea - 8 1 1974
1974 Bristol City - 30 2 1976
1976 Grimsby Town - 254 27 1982
1982 Derby County - 42 4 1983
1983 Scunthorpe United - 95 15 1986

Bruce Grobbelaar

(Bruce David Grobbelaar)
Goalkeeper
33 caps for Zimbabwe

Born 6 October 1957 in Durban, South Africa

Age 68

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1979 Vancouver Whitecaps - 0 0 1981
1979 Crewe Alexandra loan 24 1 1980
1981 Liverpool £250,000 440 0 1994
1993 Stoke City loan 4 0 1993
1994 Southampton Free 32 0 1996
1996 Plymouth Argyle Free 36 0 1997
1997 Oxford United - 0 0 1997
1997 Sheffield Wednesday - 0 0 1997
1997 Oldham Athletic - 4 0 1998
1998 Bury - 1 0 1998
1998 Lincoln City - 2 0 1998
1998 Chesham United Free 0 1998
1999 Northwich Victoria - 0 0 1999

Paul Sansome

(Paul Eric Sansome)
Goalkeeper
England

Born 6 October 1961 in New Addington

Age 64

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1979 Crystal Palace - 0 0 1980
1980 Millwall Free 156 0 1988
1988 Southend United £40,000 308 0 2002
1996 Ebbsfleet United loan 0 0 1996
1996 Birmingham City loan 1 0 1996

Tommy Caton

(Thomas Stephen Caton)
Defender
England

Born 6 October 1962 in Kirkby

Died 30 April 1993 aged 30

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1979 Manchester City - 165 8 1984
1983 Arsenal - 81 2 1986
1986 Oxford United - 53 3 1988
1988 Charlton Athletic - 57 5 1991

Alan McLeary

(Alan Terry McLeary)
Defender
England

Born 6 October 1964 in Lambeth

Age 61

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1981 Millwall - 307 5 1993
1992 Wimbledon loan 4 0 1993
1992 Sheffield United loan 3 0 1992
1993 Charlton Athletic Free 66 3 1995
1995 Bristol City Free 34 0 1997
1997 Millwall Free 36 0 2000
1999 Millwall - 2000
2006 Millwall - 2006

Niall Quinn

(Niall John Quinn MBE)
Forward
92 caps and 21 goals for Republic of Ireland

Born 6 October 1966 in Dublin

Age 59

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1983 Arsenal - 67 14 1990
1990 Manchester City £800,000 205 66 1996
1996 Sunderland £1,300,000 204 61 2002
2006 Sunderland - 2006

Scott Leitch

(Donald Scott Leitch)
Midfielder
Scotland

Born 6 October 1969 in Motherwell

Age 56

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1990 Dunfermline Athletic - 89 16 1993
1993 Hearts - 55 2 1996
1996 Swindon Town £15,000 124 1 2000
2000 Motherwell Free 128 1 2006
2006 Ross County - 2007

Alan Stubbs

Defender
England

Born 6 October 1971 in Kirkby

Age 54

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1990 Bolton Wanderers - 202 9 1996
1996 Celtic £3,500,000 93 3 2001
2001 Everton - 124 3 2005
2005 Sunderland Free 10 1 2006
2006 Everton Free 45 3 2008
2008 Derby County Free 9 0 2009
2014 Hibernian - 2016
2016 Rotherham United - 2016
2018 St Mirren - 2018

Jacob Thaysen-Laursen

Defender
25 caps for Denmark

Born 6 October 1971 in Vejle

Age 54

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1990 Vejle Boldklub - 55 1 1992
1992 Silkeborg IF - 125 8 1996
1996 Derby County £500,000 137 2 2001
2001 FC Copenhagen Free 45 3 2002
2002 Aarhus loan 5 0 2002
2002 PAOK loan 0 0 2002
2002 Rapid Vienna - 8 0 2003
2002 SK Rapid Wien Free 8 0 2003
2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers loan 0 0 2002
2002 Leicester City £400,000 10 0 2003
2003 Vejle Boldklub - 9 0 2004

Craig Fleming

Defender
England

Born 6 October 1971 in Halifax

Age 54

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1990 FC Halifax Town - 57 0 1991
1991 Oldham Athletic £80,000 164 1 1997
1997 Norwich City £600,000 343 12 2007
2007 Rotherham United Free 18 0 2008
2007 Kings Lynn - 2008
2007 Wolverhampton Wanderers loan 1 0 2007

Mark Schwarzer

(Mark Schwarzer OAM)
Goalkeeper
109 caps for Australia

Born 6 October 1972 in Sydney

Age 53

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1994 Dynamo Dresden - 2 0 1995
1995 1. FC Kaiserslautern - 4 0 1996
1996 Bradford City £350,000 13 0 1997
1997 Middlesbrough £1,500,000 367 0 2008
2008 Fulham Free 172 0 2013
2013 Chelsea Free 4 0 2015
2015 Leicester City Free 6 0 2016

Sylvain Legwinski

Midfielder
France

Born 6 October 1973 in Clarmont-Ferrand

Age 52

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1992 AS Monaco - 135 13 1999
1999 Bordeaux - 49 2 2001
2001 Fulham £3,300,000 128 8 2006
2006 Ipswich Town - 47 7 2008
2009 St Neots Town - 2 0 2009

Elvis Hammond

(Elvis Zark Hammond)
Forward
1 cap for Ghana

Born 6 October 1980 in Accra

Age 45

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2000 Fulham - 11 0 2005
2001 Bristol Rovers loan 7 0 2002
2003 Norwich City loan 4 0 2003
2005 RBC Roosendaal loan 14 2 2005
2005 Leicester City £225,000 58 8 2008
2005 Leicester City loan 6 0 2005
2008 Cheltenham Town Free 46 9 2010
2010 Sutton United - 3 1 2010
2010 Woking - 71 22 2012
2012 Farnborough - 37 5 2014
2013 Hastings United loan 4 0 2013
2014 Kingstonian - 36 5 2015
2014 Eastbourne Borough - 20 7 2014

Abdoulaye Meite

Defender
48 caps and 1 goal for Côte d'Ivoire

Born 6 October 1980 in Colombes, France

Age 45

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1998 Red Star FC (France) - 28 3 2000
2001 Olympique Marseille - 152 3 2006
2006 Bolton Wanderers - 56 0 2008
2008 West Bromwich Albion £2,000,000 48 0 2011
2011 Dijon Free 25 1 2014
2013 FC Honka - 25 0 2014
2014 OFI - 9 0 2015
2014 Doncaster Rovers Free 21 1 2014
2015 Ross County Free 0 0 2015
2016 Newport County - 4 0 2017
2016 SJK loan 18 1 2016

Zurab Khizanishvili

Defender
93 caps and 1 goal for Georgia

Born 6 October 1981 in Tblisi

Age 44

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
1998 Dinamo Tbilisi - 2 1 1999
1999 FC Norchi Dinamo Tbilisi - 9 0 2000
2000 Lokomotivi Tbilisi - 16 1 2001
2001 Dundee Free 43 0 2003
2003 Rangers Free 42 0 2006
2005 Blackburn Rovers loan 26 1 2006
2006 Blackburn Rovers £500,000 36 0 2011
2009 Newcastle United loan 7 0 2009
2010 Reading loan 22 0 2011
2010 Reading loan 15 0 2010
2011 Kayserispor Free 71 1 2014
2014 Dinamo Tbilisi - 4 0 2014
2015 Samtredia - 14 1 2015

Tarmo Kink

Winger
82 caps and 6 goals for Estonia

Born 6 October 1985 in Tallinn

Age 40

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2003 Spartak Moscow - 2 0 2006
2006 FCI Levadia Tallinn - 80 35 2008
2009 ETO FC Győr - 40 15 2010
2010 Middlesbrough - 22 4 2012
2012 Karpaty Lviv - 5 0 2012
2012 Varese - 12 0 2014
2013 ETO FC Győr loan 18 2 2013
2014 Kaposvári Rákóczi - 12 4 2015
2015 FCI Levadia Tallinn - 19 5 2016
2015 Inverness Caledonian Thistle - 5 0 2015
2016 SJK loan 12 2 2016
2016 Mezokovesd Zsory SE - 25 3 2017
2017 FCI Levadia Tallinn - 14 3 2017

Michael O'Connor

(Michael Joseph O'Connor)
Midfielder
11 caps for Northern Ireland

Born 6 October 1987 in Belfast

Age 38

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2005 Crewe Alexandra - 77 3 2009
2009 Lincoln City loan 10 1 2009
2009 Scunthorpe United £250,000 97 12 2012
2012 Rotherham United Free 64 8 2014
2014 Port Vale Free 70 10 2016
2016 Notts County Free 38 2 2018
2018 Lincoln City Free 56 3 2020
2020 Salford City - 8 1 2020
2020 Glenavon Free 70 11 2023
2023 Newry City - 0 0 2023

Kim Bo-Kyung

CAM
38 caps and 4 goals for Korea, Republic of

Born 6 October 1989 in Gurye

Age 36

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2008 Cardiff City - 0 0 2012
2010 Cerezo Osaka - 41 15 2012
2012 Cardiff City - 58 3 2015
2015 Wigan Athletic - 18 2 2015
2016 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors - 44 7 2017
2017 Kashiwa Reysol - 36 2 2019
2019 Ulsan HD FC loan 35 13 2019
2020 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors - 82 10 2022
2023 Suwon Samsung Bluewings - 23 0 2024
2025 Anyang - 14 1 Current

Ricardo Pereira

(Ricardo Domingos Barbosa Pereira)
Defender
7 caps for Portugal

Born 6 October 1993 in Lisbon

Age 32

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2012 Vitória de Guimarães - 30 0 2013
2013 FC Porto - 46 4 2018
2015 OGC Nice loan 26 0 2016
2016 OGC Nice loan 24 2 2017
2018 Leicester City £21,800,000 189 12 Current

Lloyd Kelly

(Lloyd Cassius Kelly)
Defender
England

Born 6 October 1998 in Bristol

Age 27

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2016 Bristol City - 43 2 2019
2019 AFC Bournemouth £13,000,000 131 2 2024
2024 Newcastle United Free 10 0 2025
2025 Juventus £13,000,000 5 1 Current
2025 Juventus loan 12 0 2025

Evanilson

Forward
2 caps for Brazil

Born 6 October 1999 in Fortaleza

Age 26

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2018 Fluminense - 4 2 2019
2020 Fluminense loan 16 7 2020
2020 FC Porto - 96 37 2024
2020 Tombense FC - 0 0 2020
2024 AFC Bournemouth £31,700,000 67 16 Current

Nathan Ferguson

(Nathan Kirk-Patrick Ferguson)
Defender
England

Born 6 October 2000 in Birmingham

Age 25

From Team Fee Apps Goals To
2017 West Bromwich Albion U21 - 0 0 2020
2017 West Bromwich Albion - 21 1 2020
2020 Crystal Palace Free 1 0 2024