List of Tranmere Rovers F.C. players (1921–1939)

Tranmere Rovers Football Club is an English association football club based in Birkenhead, Wirral. Founded in 1884, they played their first games under the name Belmont F.C.; in 1885, before the start of their second season, they adopted the name Tranmere Rovers. In 1889, Tranmere entered the West Lancashire League, and progressed through the Combination, the Lancashire Combination and the Central League. On 27 August 1921, as founder members of Division Three North, they won their first Football League match 4–1 against Crewe Alexandra at Prenton Park. Tranmere have played in the Football League ever since, with the exception of 1939–1946, when competitive football was suspended due to the Second World War. Their highest league finish was fourth in the First Division which, at the time, was the second tier of the league pyramid, in the 1992–93 season.

Players This list contains players who appeared in nationally organised first-team competition for Tranmere from 1921 until the Second World War. It includes first-team appearances and goals in the Football League, the FA Cup and the Third Division North Cup. Appearances and goals in other competitions or non-competitive matches are not included. Statistics from the three games in the 1939–40 Football League season abandoned because of the Second World War have been expunged from the records and are not included. Players that also represented the club after the war are instead at List of post-war Tranmere Rovers F.C. players.

+ List of pre-war players Name PositionPositions are listed according to the tactical formation that were employed until the 1960s. Years Appearances oals International 1929–1933 7 1 – 1935–1936 5 1 – 1936–1937 23 5 – 1935–1938 49 0 – 1934–1936 25 12 – 1921–1922 1 0 – 1927–1930 89 2 1925–1935 257 5 – 1927–1928 3 2 – 1930–1936 127 113 – 1922–1929 73 33 – 1927–1928 3 2 – 1924–1925 11 0 – 1929–1930 3 0 – 1935–1936 5 0 – 1921–1923 61 0 – 1924–1932 246 0 – 1923–1925 51 13 1933–1935 13 2 – 1923–1924 39 0 – Ted Buckley 1937–1939 38 14 – 1921–1922 11 7 – 1934–1935 32 23 – 1926–1931 49 0 – 1936–1937 1 0 – 1914–1929 204 11 – 1936–1937 6 1 – 1932–1933 11 0 – 1937–1939 55 10 – 1925–1926 25 4 – 1925–1930 137 74 – 1923–1925 18 0 – 1932–1935 7 0 – 1935–1939 108 1 – 1930–1931 2 0 – 1921–1923 21 2 – 1931–1932 21 2 – 1924–1925 21 0 – 1935–1936 14 4 – 1929–1930 18 4 – 1922–1923 10 2 – 1930–1931 1 0 – 1921–1922 34 6 – 1937–1939 59 0 – 1935–1936 28 0 – 1931–1932 10 0 – 1936–1938 48 1 – 1925–1926 5 0 – 1937–1938 11 7  Ireland (FAI) Ireland (IFA) 1933–1936 83 0 – 1938–1939 33 0 – 1923–1925 33 27 – 1935–1939 110 31 – 1930–1933 92 59 – 1938–1939 31 7 – Ernie Dodd 1933–1937 16 0 – 1937–1938 10 3 – 1934–1939 146 31 – 1936–1937 1 0 – 1926–1928 46 0 – 1922–1925 48 5 – 1921–1922 8 0 – 1935–1937 37 0 – 1930–1934 93 9 – 1926–1929 67 43 – 1937–1939 45 1 – 1924–1926 22 6 – 1921–1922 15 4 – 1921–1922 1 0 – 1932–1933 1 0 – 1936–1937 1 0 – 1938–1939 1 0 – 1936–1937 1 0 – 1921–1922 8 3 – 1922–1923 18 0 – 1933–1935 21 4 – 1921–1922 1 0 – 1931–1936 213 0 1927–1929 4 1 – 1924–1925 8 0 – 1936–1939 18 1 – 1921–1922 12 7 – 1926–1927 12 0 – 1922–1925 89 2 – 1937–1939 54 1 – 1922–1924 21 0 – 1921–1924 26 0 – 1922–1924 11 1 – 1922–1924 3 0 – 1931–1932 1 0 – 1921–1922 8 0 – 1934–1935 9 1 – 1932–1933 1 0 – 1921–1924 53 5 – 1935–1936 11 0 – 1921–1922 3 0 – 1933–1934 10 2 – 1921–1922 1 0 – 1928–1930 41 0 – 1924–1925 6 1 – 1923–1930 114 0 – 1936–1937 7 0 – 1924–1925 16 0 – 1925–1926 2 0 – 1938–1939 17 0 – 1936–1938 59 13 – 1932–1933 2 0 – 1926–1929 92 28 – 1937–1939 9 2 – 1938–1939 22 1 – 1927–1928 1 0 – 1930–1931 38 0 – 1930–1932 67 45 – 1922–1923 2 0 – 1937–1938 16 5 – 1931–1932 5 0 – 1922–1924 5 0 – 1925–1926 14 0 – 1930–1932 34 0 – 1932–1933 8 0 – 1925–1934 288 10 1923–1925 11 0 – 1936–1939 61 0 – 1923–1932 173 52 – 1930–1933 95 0 – 1921–1922 11 0 – 1922–1923 5 2 – 1934–1935 89 20 – 1933–1934 7 1 – 1936–1937 2 0 – 1936–1937 1 0 – 1934–1937 10 0 – 1925–1927 74 33 – 1925–1927 88 3 – 1937–1938 9 2 – 1925–1926 8 0 – 1935–1937 49 4 – 1932–1933 29 4 – 1933–1935 62 4 – 1921–1922 18 1 – 1929–1932 115 31 – 1935–1937 30 1 – 1938–1939 12 1 – 1921–1922 16 2 – 1923–1925 63 0 – 1930–1931 4 0 – 1921–1922 2 0 1910–1926 159 12 – 1930–1931 3 0 – 1924–1931 85 2 – 1934–1936 64 0 – 1921–1922 17 0 – 1927–1928 2 0 – 1938–1939 17 0 – 1936–1939 11 0 – 1935–1936 6 4 – 1932–1934 33 1 – 1933–1934 2 1 – 1937–1939 16 0 – 1922–1923 19 1 – 1932–1937 189 0 – 1935–1937 24 0 – 1921–1922 25 5 – 1925–1927 59 14 – 1921–1923 22 6 – 1922–1923 2 0 – 1928–1929 5 1 – 1928–1930, 1935–1936 20 13 – 1928–1929 2 0 – 1924–1928 66 22 – 1925–1926 6 1 – 1932–1933 2 0 – 1921–1922 34 1 – 1936–1937 1 0 – 1921–1922 4 0 – 1922–1924 8 1 – 1932–1935 3 0 – 1923–1925 9 0 – 1931–1932 2 0 – 1938–1939 21 2 – 1924–1925 15 0 – 1922–1925 87 33 – 1922–1923 35 0 – 1922–1923 23 3 – 1930–1931 3 0 – 1930–1931 29 0 – 1936–1937 1 0 – 1924–1926 37 0 – 1938–1939 1 0 – 1938–1939 1 0 – 1930–1931 2 0 – 1931–1939 256 3 – 1932–1934 17 4 – 1921–1922 1 0 – 1921–1928 205 13 – 1921–1923 4 0 – 1932–1933, 1936–1937 2 0 – 1925–1930 184 0 – 1938–1939 9 1 – 1933–1934 7 0 – 1922–1923 36 5 – 1926–1927 1 0 – 1932–1934 7 1 – 1938–1939 14 3 – 1936–1937 1 0 – 1927–1936 333 107 – 1937–1939 22 0 – 1927–1928, 1936–1939 105 67 1933–1935 9 0 – 1937–1939 65 2 – 1929–1930 32 19 – 1933–1936 5 1 – 1929–1934 128 60 – 1925–1927 47 16 – 1931–1934 90 35 – 1936–1937 12 0 – 1923–1924 1 0 – 1921–1922 1 0 – 1936–1937 39 11 – 1933–1936 110 44 – 1926–1929 97 0 –

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