Ipswich Town Football Club is an English association football club founded in 1878. In 2007, the club created a hall of fame into which a number of personnel associated with the club are inducted every year. The inaugural members, Ray Crawford, Mick Mills, Ted Phillips and John Wark, were selected in 2007 by a ballot of former Ipswich players. There were no inductees for the 2020 or 2021 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
, five of the Hall of Fame's inductees are club record holders. England international Crawford remains Ipswich Town's all-time top scorer, with 203 goals between 1958 and 1969. Allan Hunter, inducted in 2009, is the most internationally capped player while at Ipswich, having played for Northern Ireland 47 times while at the club. England international Mills is the club's all-time appearance record-holder having played 741 competitive matches. Phillips is the club's all-time season top-scorer, scoring 46 goals in the 1956–57 season when Ipswich played in the Football League Third Division South.
John Elsworthy (inducted 2008) is the earliest player to represent Ipswich to be inducted into the Hall of the Fame, having played for the club from 1949 to 1964, while Darren Bent (inducted 2026) is the most recent representative of the club to be inducted. The inductees include 11 posthumous members, amongst them managers Alf Ramsey who led the club to back-to-back division titles in the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons before going on to manage England to victory in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, and John Lyall who took Ipswich into the inaugural Premier League in 1992.
Members
Players who represented their country while at the clubHayes, pp. 177–178 Club record holder Posthumous induction
+Members of the Ipswich Town F.C. Hall of Fame Name Nationality Position orrole at club Year ofinduction Years atITFC Appearances GoalsNotes Full back20121951–19592316Hayes, p. 185 Goalkeeper20111955–19643460Centre half20091960–197145922Central defender20081972–198130732Forward20262001–200514255Forward20131977–198221080Hayes, p. 186 Winger20251964–197022369Right full back/Manager20091973–19851994–200250011Central defender20101977–198535121Right full back1956–19642830Chairman1948–1983––Merit awardDefender20111960–19631310Goalkeeper20141974–1987 575 0 Forward20071958–1969353227Forward20151983–1992199741673Hayes, p. 187Wing half20081949–196443452Manager20151982–1987––Merit awardCoach/Caretaker manager20121964 – –Merit awardForward1973–198438496Secretary/Archivist20091954–2024––Merit awardMidfielder20141971–197619956Hayes, p. 188Defender20161965–19741806 Midfielder1963–196823038Midfielder20141997–200331445Defender20192000–20031283Central defender20091971–198235510Forward20161972–197517846Forward20251997–200115862Left back20221989–199513110Chairman20131983–1995––Merit awardForward20171988–199426164Winger20151968–197826345Hayes, p. 189Wing half20101964–19681232Hayes, p. 189Winger20081955–196537349Center back20221988–199527712 Manager20141990–1994––Merit awardMidfielder/Manager20231999–20062006–200932222 Defender20221954–19632742Centre forward20111976–1983339135Midfielder20171978–198633112Full back20071966–198274130 Forward20221955–196314335Midfielder20161987–199733056Forward20111961–196312337Centre back20161995–20001588Hayes, p. 190Midfielder20091978–198221429Defender20251996–200937440Defender20111959–19642140Left winger20221980–19851153Midfielder20101973–198014810Centre back20111977–198438521 Club Ambassador20262015–2026––Wing half20101945–195746592Inside forward20071954–1964294179 Wing half20221957–19631403 Manager20111955–1963––Merit award Defender/Assistant Manager20131974–19771995–2003240Manager20091969–1982––Merit awardHall of Fame inductees TWTDClub secretary20171958–2003––Merit awardForward20241994–2001200525755Chairman20131987–2009––Merit awardGoalkeeper20181967–19841750Hayes, p. 191Right winger20091960–196416326Midfielder20131982–200060844Hayes, p. 191Forward20232000–20029637Midfielder20131973–197822731Team of 1961–62NA20111961–196252116Merit awardMidfielder20081979–198317016Defender20251997–200318419Defender20192004–200817911Midfielder20071975–1996678179Forward20121969–1978335104Hayes, p. 192Full back20241999–20083246Forward20161969–1979897Winger20141966–198033931Defender20231984–19963868
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