List of Torquay United F.C. players

Torquay United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Torquay, Devon. This is a list of players who have made 100 or more competitive appearances for Torquay United. It includes all competitive first-team matches since the club was elected into the Football League in 1927, but does not include appearances made in Wartime Leagues or local cup competitions such as the Devon Bowl. Substitute appearances are included.

History After joining the Football League in 1927, the first player to make 100 appearances for Torquay United was Bob Smith. The former Plymouth Argyle left-half joined Torquay in 1928 and reached the century milestone in January 1931, narrowly beating full-back Jack Fowler to the honor by a few weeks. Despite this, Fowler would eventually overtake Smith and set the Torquay appearance record at 190 in 1934. However, the player with the most pre-War appearances for Torquay was Albert Hutchinson. Beginning his career as a forward, Hutchinson eventually played at every position for Torquay (including the goalkeeper) before the Football League was abandoned in September 1939, by which point he had notched up 338 appearances for the club.

Hutchinson's record was eventually broken by winger Ron Shaw in 1955, closely followed by wing-half Dennis Lewis. Lewis eventually overtook Shaw and retired in 1958 having set a record of 473 appearances which stood for almost 50 years. 1958 was also the year in which Sammy Collins set the club's goalscoring record at 219, a total which has yet to be surpassed. In the 1960s, Tommy Northcott came closest to matching both records with 150 goals in 443 games, while defender Ian Twitchin joined the elite band of players to make 400 appearances for United in 1980.

Dennis Lewis's record was eventually broken by Kevin Hill in 2008 when he came on as a late substitute in the FA Trophy Final to make his 474th and final appearance for Torquay. The current player with the most appearances for Torquay United is Dean Moxey, while Shaun MacDonald is the latest player to make 100 appearances for the club.

Players with 100 or more appearances Statistics correct as of 3 May 2014. Players marked in bold are still playing for the club.

Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward NameNationalityPositionTorquay careerAppearancesGoalsNotes DF1928–193419011Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.143 MF1928–19321473Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.149WallerHarry Waller FW1928–193212224Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.150 FW1930–193933884Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.144 FW1931–193410348TappLew Tapp DF1931–19371710MaggsPercy Maggs GK1932–19392230Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.146 DF1933–19371445JonesJack Jones MF1934–19381708Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.145MorganMorton Morgan FW1934–193713326 FW1934–193813221Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.140 GK1936–19481490 DF1936–19502426 DF1946–195322213Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.141 FW1946–195016874 DF1946–19552920 MF1946–1958412106Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.148 MF1947–195847333 FW1948–195112721 FW1948–1958379219ToppingDave Topping DF1948–19521583 FW1949–19521957–1966443150Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.147 FW19491952–196236784WebberGeorge Webber GK1950–19541230 DF1951–19551590NormanGriff Norman MF1952–19582346DobbieHarold Dobbie FW1953–195711948Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.142 FW1953–196214254 DF1953–19612021SmithJohn V. Smith DF1954–19601790 DF1954–19621722 FW1955–196113411 GK1956–19621740 DF1957–19663614 MF1957–196530794 MF1957–196218122 MF1957–196728668 DF1957–19683033 MF1959–196318814 GK1962–19651641 DF1962–19651460 FW1963–19691972–1973263133 DF1964–19702658 MF1965–196813122 MF1966–196912726 DF1966–196914513 DF1966–19671967–19711849 DF/MF1967–19701976–197927419DonnellyAndy Donnelly GK1967–19711780 FW1967–197216150 MF1968–197112921SandercockKen Sandercock MF1968–19691971–19741806 FW1969–197211040MitchinsonTommy Mitchinson MF1969–19711239 DF1969–197722513LucasMal Lucas DF1970–19741353 DF1970–19731167JacksonCliff Jackson FW1970–197413915 DF1970–198143517 GK1970–19751670HarrisonDerek Harrison DF1971–19751375 DF1971–197928636 DF1972–19761614MorrallSteve Morrall MF1972–197717513 MF1973–19771668 FW1975–197815456 GK1975–19781210 FW1977–198221554 MF1977–198113311 FW1978–198427190 MF1978–1980198110022 GK1978–19801983–19841280 DF1979–19821190WilsonBrian Wilson DF1979–19831518Edwards, Gibbes & Lovis, p.151JonesGraham Jones DF1980–19831316 GK1980–19821210 DF/MF1982–198512411 DF1983–19851986–19881543PughSteve Pugh DF1983–19861375 MF1984–198821111 DF1984–19861991–19921374 GK1984–19851986–198819891580LoramMark Loram FW1985–19861987–1992199333263 FW1985–198711323 DF1986–19891993–19962908 DF1986–1989199116219ColeDavid Cole DF1986–19891397 MF1986–19871990–19931993–19941358LloydPhil Lloyd DF1987–199221711 FW1988–199115534 DF1988–19921999–20032716 MF1988–199319417 DF1989–199215820 DF1989–19911155 MF1989–19931114 DF1990–19951855HowellsGareth Howells GK1990–19921050 DF/MF1991–19951082 FW1991–199512729 DF1992–199512411 DF19921998–20011361 MF1992–199413217 DF1993–19971928 MF1993–1997200510114 MF1993–199716617 GK1993–19961190 FW1995–20062006–200737365 DF1995–20001427 DF1995–20012309 MF1997–200847457 DF1997–20021253 DF1998–20011102 FW1999–200212224 MF2000–200826510 FW2001–2004200713749 MF2001–200516321 GK2001–20051070 DF2001–200928311 DF2001–20051212 MF2001–20051078 FW2002–20042010–201111526 FW2002–200616033 DF2003–20051386 MF2006–201439125 DF2007–201220311 FW2007–2011201319947 MF2007–201013014 DF2007–201434513 FW2007–201013647 MF2007–2013201422428 FW2007–20082009–201114140 DF2007–20122022–202314915 MF2008–201113023 GK20082008–20092009–20102012–20141240 GK2008–20111120 MF2010–20142016–20181570 MF2010–201212214 DF2010–20112011–20131131 DF2012–201510915 MF2014–201813216 FW20152016–201720172017–202016357 FW2017–202010714 MF20182018–20192019–20202020–202214926 MF2018–202417439WynterBen Wynter DF2018–20221458 DF2020–20241534 MF2018–202110419 MF2014–20171036 DF2018–20211015 GK2018–20221010

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