List of Halifax Town A.F.C. players
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This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Halifax Town
Halifax Town A.F.C.
Halifax Town Association Football Club were an English football team who most recently played in the Conference National, although prior to that they participated in the Football League for over eighty years...

. The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more senior matches for the club. Other players who are deemed to have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason for their notability should be included in the 'Notes' column.

For a list of all Halifax Town players with a Wikipedia article, see :Category:Halifax Town A.F.C. players.

Explanation of List

Players should be listed in chronological order according to the year in which they first played for the club, and then by alphabetical order of their surname. Appearances and goals should include substitute appearances, but exclude wartime matches. Further information on competitions/seasons which are regarded as eligible for appearance stats are provided below, and if any data is not available for any of these competitions an appropriate note should be added to the table.

League appearances

League appearances and goals should include data for the following league spells, but should not include play-off matches:
  • Midland League
    Midland Football League
    There have been at least two different football competitions in England which used the name Midland Football League.One existed until 1982 before merging with the Yorkshire League to form the Northern Counties League....

    : 1912-13 to 1920-21
  • Football League: 1921-22 to 1992-93; 1998-99 to 2001-02
  • Football Conference
    Football Conference
    The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional...

    : 1993-94 to 1997-98; 2002–03 to 2007–08

Total appearances

The figures for total appearances and goals should include the League figures together with the following competitions:
  • Play-off matches (2005-06)
  • FA Cup
    FA Cup
    The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

    ; FA Trophy
    FA Trophy
    The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams...

     (1993-94 to 1997-98; 2002–03 to 2007–08)
  • Football League Cup
    Football League Cup
    The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

    , Football League Trophy
    Football League Trophy
    The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...

     (including three seasons as a Conference club in 2002–03, 2003–04 and 2005–06); Football League Third Division North Cup
    Football League Third Division North Cup
    The Football League Third Division North Cup was a football knockout competition open to teams competing in Football League Third Division North. The competition was first held in 1933-34 and ran until the 1938-39 season.-Format:...

     (1933-34 to 1937-38)
  • Conference League Cup
    Conference League Cup
    The Conference League Cup was an English football competition open to clubs playing in levels 5 or 6 of the English football league system , which covers the three Football Conference divisions.The Conference League Cup was formed...

     (1993-94 to 1997-98; 2004–05, 2007–08); Football League Group Cup (1982-83); Watney Cup
    Watney Cup
    The Watney Mann Invitation Cup was a short-lived English football tournament held in the early 1970s....

     (1971–72)

List of players

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NamePositionClub careerLeague
apps
League
goals
Total
apps
Total
goals
Notes
}||FW ||1922?-1929? ||234||128||?||133||Record Halifax goalscorer
|-
|align=left|||DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 ||1923-1924, 1926?-1932? ||189||4||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||OF
Outside forward
Outside forward is a position in association football which refers to a footballer who plays as an advanced forward on the right or left wing - as an outside right or outside left. Typically as part of a 2-3-5 formation or one of its variants...

 ||1929?-1936? ||195||29||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||IF
Inside forward
In football, the position of inside forward was popularly used in the late nineteenth and first half of the 20th centuries. The inside forwards would support the centre forwards, running and making space in the opposition defence, and, as the passing game developed, supporting him with passes...

 ||1932-1934 ||70||50||?||?||Player with most goals for Halifax in a single game (6)
|-
|align=left|||GK ||1932?-1935 ||121||0||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 ||1934-1947? ||242||1||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||IF
Inside forward
In football, the position of inside forward was popularly used in the late nineteenth and first half of the 20th centuries. The inside forwards would support the centre forwards, running and making space in the opposition defence, and, as the passing game developed, supporting him with passes...

 ||1934-1946 ||171||35||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||FW ||1934-1937 ||114||89||?||?||Record Halifax league goalscorer in a single season (1934/35)
|-
|align=left|||DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 ||1948?-1955? ||179||1||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||MF ||1954–1956 ||33||1||?||?||Player-manager of Halifax 1954-1956; Manager 1964-1966
|-
|align=left|||DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 ||1956?-1964? ||257||5||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 ||1956?-1965? ||302||12||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||GK ||1960-1965 ||148||0||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||WN ||1960–1963 ||105||23||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||FW ||1964?-1967, 1969-1973? ||199||71||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 ||1964?-1973? ||242||3||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 ||1965-1974 ||367||5||413||?||Record Halifax appearances
|-
|align=left|||GK ||1967?-1976? ||341||0||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||MF ||1967?-1972? ||201||16||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||FW ||1968-1971 ||101||24||112||27||
|-
|align=left|||MF ||1968?–1973? ||149||20||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 ||1970-1976? ||233||9||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||MF ||1972–1976 ||92||1||?||?||Player-manager of Halifax 1974-1976
|-
|align=left|||FW ||1976?-1979? ||106||19||?||?||Manager of Halifax 1981-1984
|-
|align=left|||DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 ||1976-1981 ||181||13||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||WN ||1976–1978 ||93||9||?||?||Player-manager of Halifax 1976-1978
|-
|align=left|||DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 ||1979?-1984?, 1990?-1992 ||291||10||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 ||1980?-1982?, 1984?-1986 ||95||7||?||?||Manager of Halifax 1986-1990
|-
|align=left|||DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 ||1985?-1991? ||139||1||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||FW ||1987-1991 ||93||29||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||FW ||1987-1989 ||84||23||101||30||
|-
|align=left|||MF ||1988–1992 ||101||17||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||FW ||1994, 1996-1998 ||83||46||?||?||Record transfer fee received (£350,000)
|-
|align=left|||MF ||1995–1998 ||135||7||?||?||Manager of Halifax 1998-1999
|-
|align=left|||FW ||1999?-2000? ||18||4||?||?||Record transfer fee paid (£150,000)
|-
|align=left|||DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 ||1999-2001 ||51||1||58||7||Manager of Halifax 2002-2008
|-
|align=left|||FW ||2002–2008 ||201||38||?||?||
|-
|align=left|||FW ||2007–2008 ||37||20||?||?||Top scorer and voted supporter's player of the season, 2007-08
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