Football players born in Sunderland

This page lists all 239 football players born in Sunderland that are documented on Wikidata. The best-known names from the city include Jordan Henderson, Giovanni Reyna, Adam Johnson and Alan Kennedy. Among them are 235 male and 4 female players. Documented players span more than 163 years, from 1841 to 2004.

Most notable players from Sunderland

Jordan Henderson

b. 1990United Kingdom81

Giovanni Reyna

b. 2002United States70

Adam Johnson

b. 1987United Kingdom68

Alan Kennedy

b. 1954United Kingdom61

Charles W. Alcock

b. 1842United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland61

All 239 players from Sunderland

Nigel Clough

b. 1966United Kingdom60

Jill Scott

b. 1987United Kingdom59

Steve Howey

b. 1971United Kingdom53

Rachel Furness

b. 1988United Kingdom53

Raich Carter

b. 1913United Kingdom51

Michael Gray

b. 1974United Kingdom51

Alf Common

b. 1880United Kingdom50

Pop Robson

b. 1945United Kingdom47

Sam Greenwood

b. 2002United Kingdom47

Mick Harford

b. 1959United Kingdom46

George Elliott

b. 1889United Kingdom46

Tommy Cummings

b. 1928United Kingdom46

Gordon Bradley

b. 1933United Kingdom46

Bobby Gurney

b. 1907United Kingdom44

Ryan Noble

b. 1991United Kingdom44

Oscar Hold

b. 1918United Kingdom43

Alf Young

b. 1905United Kingdom43

Bill Atkinson

b. 1944United Kingdom41

Bill Berry

b. 1884United Kingdom41

Robbie Robinson

b. 1879United Kingdom41

Randolph Galloway

b. 1896United Kingdom41

Gordon Ferry

b. 1943United Kingdom38

Ernie Taylor

b. 1925United Kingdom38

Jack Mew

b. 1889United Kingdom38

Liam Agnew

b. 1995United Kingdom38

Jamie Clarke

b. 1982United Kingdom38

Micky Hazard

b. 1960United Kingdom38

David Preece

b. 1976United Kingdom36

Corey Barnes

b. 1992United Kingdom36

Tommy Brown

b. 1906United Kingdom36

Harry Clark

b. 1934United Kingdom36

John Forster Alcock

b. 1841United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland36

Mick Jones

b. 1947United Kingdom36

Alexander Barbour

b. 1862United Kingdom36

Arthur Andrews

b. 1891United Kingdom36

William Hunter

b. 1888United Kingdom36

Barry Dunn

b. 1952United Kingdom36

Ken Ellis

b. 1948United Kingdom36

Keira Ramshaw

b. 1994United Kingdom36

Steve Brodie

b. 1973United Kingdom36

Sidney Elliott

b. 1908United Kingdom36

Adam Smith

b. 1992United Kingdom36

Martin Smith

b. 1995United Kingdom36

David Corner

b. 1966United Kingdom36

Bernie Fagan

b. 1949United Kingdom36

John Cocking

b. 1944United Kingdom36

Mark Beck

b. 1994United Kingdom36

Martin Smith

b. 1974United Kingdom36

Walter Bruce

b. 1915United Kingdom36

Edward Brown

b. 1881United Kingdom36

Jimmy Connor

b. 1938United Kingdom36

Gary Coatsworth

b. 1968United Kingdom33

Grant Brown

b. 1969United Kingdom33

Ian Chandler

b. 1968United Kingdom33

Malcolm Briggs

b. 1961United Kingdom33

Ronnie Brown

b. 1944United Kingdom33

Michael Coghlan

b. 1985United Kingdom33

Danny Bew

b. 1896United Kingdom33

Ian Johnson

b. 1975United Kingdom33

Ned Liddell

b. 1878United Kingdom33

Tommy Morren

b. 1871United Kingdom33

John Beckram

b. 1881United Kingdom33

William Dyer

b. 1883United Kingdom33

Ernie Forrest

b. 1919United Kingdom33

Frank Cornan

b. 1880United Kingdom33

Kevin Dillon

b. 1959United Kingdom33

Steve Carter

b. 1972United Kingdom33

Billy Charlton

b. 1900United Kingdom33

Bob Baldridge

b. 1932United Kingdom33

Graham Bassett

b. 1964United Kingdom33

David Ferguson

b. 1994United Kingdom33

Billy Simpson

b. 1878United Kingdom33

Harry Leonard

b. 1886United Kingdom33

Sam Baum

b. 1914United Kingdom33

Gordon Clayton

b. 1910United Kingdom33

James Dow

b. 1889United Kingdom33

Norman Bell

b. 1955United Kingdom33

John Eves

b. 1922United Kingdom33

Richard Field

b. 1891United Kingdom33

Luca Stephenson

b. 2003United Kingdom33

Charlie Wallace

b. 1885United Kingdom33

Arthur Metcalf

b. 1889United Kingdom33

Ted Birnie

b. 1878United Kingdom33

Bob Jefferson

b. 1882United Kingdom30

Nigel Saddington

b. 1965United Kingdom30

Tony Philliskirk

b. 1965United Kingdom30

James Bewick

b. 1906United Kingdom30

Paul Conlon

b. 1978United Kingdom30

Cuthbert Coundon

b. 1905United Kingdom30

Pat Curran

b. 1917United Kingdom30

Bob Ramsey

b. 1935United Kingdom30

Dick Huntley

b. 1949United Kingdom30

Lee Makel

b. 1973United Kingdom30

Alan Harding

b. 1948United Kingdom30

John Leadbitter

b. 1953United Kingdom30

Thomas Brown

30

Jimmy Davison

b. 1942United Kingdom30

Bill Ellerington

b. 1892United Kingdom30

George Anderson

b. 1881United Kingdom30

Lee Robinson

b. 1986United Kingdom30

Stephen Halliday

b. 1976United Kingdom30

Thomas Jackson

b. 1896United Kingdom30

William Dodds

b. 1885United Kingdom30

Gordon Cattrell

b. 1954United Kingdom30

Ernie Young

b. 1892United Kingdom30

William Beadling

b. 188530

Keith Kennedy

b. 1952United Kingdom30

Paul Nixon

b. 1963New Zealand30

Wes Saunders

b. 1963United Kingdom30

Alan Burridge

b. 1936United Kingdom30

Frank Bedingfield

b. 1877United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland30

John Lathan

b. 1952United Kingdom30

Mick Smith

b. 1958United Kingdom30

Clive Mendonca

b. 1968United Kingdom30

Harry Wilkinson

b. 1926United Kingdom30

Josh Gillies

b. 1990United Kingdom30

Stephen Stonley

b. 1889United Kingdom30

Thomas Robson

b. 1995United Kingdom30

Paul Johnson

b. 1992United Kingdom30

Paul Robinson

b. 1978United Kingdom30

Wilf Rostron

b. 1956United Kingdom30

Ian Hughes

b. 1961United Kingdom30

Anth Smith

b. 1971United Kingdom26

Gary Porter

b. 1966United Kingdom26

George Scott

b. 1885United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland26

Michael Proctor

b. 1980United Kingdom26

Bert Wilkinson

b. 1922United Kingdom26

Mike Robinson

b. 1968United Kingdom26

Billy Crinson

b. 188326

Ernie Warren

b. 1910United Kingdom26

Mark Kilty

b. 1981United Kingdom26

George Gray

b. 1925United Kingdom26

George Patterson

b. 1934United Kingdom26

Tom Robson

b. 1936United Kingdom26

Mark McLeod

b. 1986United Kingdom26

Dale White

b. 1968United Kingdom26

Norman Wood

b. 1932United Kingdom26

Carl Jones

b. 1986United Kingdom26

Gilbert Glidden

b. 1915United Kingdom26

Kevin Jobling

b. 1968United Kingdom26

Kevin Todd

b. 1958United Kingdom26

Ronnie Robinson

b. 1966United Kingdom26

Augie Scott

b. 1921United Kingdom26

Charlie Nicklas

b. 1930United Kingdom26

Tommy Stewart

b. 1881United Kingdom26

Tommy Mitchinson

b. 1943United Kingdom26

Mick Whitfield

b. 1962United Kingdom26

Jack Cook

b. 188726

Zak Johnson

b. 2004United Kingdom26

Chris Porter

b. 1979United Kingdom26

Dick Mulvaney

b. 1942United Kingdom26

Dickie Rooks

b. 1940United Kingdom26

James Wood

b. 1893United Kingdom26

Micky Lydon

b. 1933United Kingdom26

Richard Hodgson

b. 1979United Kingdom26

Frank Latimer

b. 1923United Kingdom26

William Kearney

b. 1895United Kingdom26

Bruce Halliday

b. 1961United Kingdom26

Charlie Curtis

b. 191026

Jordan Richards

b. 1993United Kingdom26

Jimmy Hindson

b. 1908United Kingdom26

David Rush

b. 1971United Kingdom26

Kevin Young

b. 1961United Kingdom26

Tom Cain

b. 1874United Kingdom26

Tony Smith

b. 1957United Kingdom26

Jack Lee

b. 1998United Kingdom26

Jackie Dryden

b. 191926

Dan Smith

b. 1986United Kingdom26

Denny Ingram

b. 1976United Kingdom26

Harry Oliver

b. 1921United Kingdom26

Neil Richardson

b. 1968United Kingdom26

Peter Quinn

b. 1892United Kingdom26

Davis Keillor-Dunn

b. 1997United Kingdom26

Harry Dreyer

b. 189226

George Hannah

b. 1914United Kingdom26

Jack Hogg

b. 1881United Kingdom26

Denis Maffey

b. 1922United Kingdom26

Glen Robson

b. 1977United Kingdom26

Kenny Mitchell

b. 1957United Kingdom26

Arthur Housam

b. 191726

Peter Simpson

b. 1940United Kingdom20

Frank Lumsden

b. 1913United Kingdom20

Charles Reed

b. 188220

George Hartness

b. 187220

Ralph Rodgerson

b. 1913United Kingdom20

Keith Waugh

b. 1956United Kingdom20

Charlie Hafekost

b. 1890United Kingdom20

Arthur Hurdman

b. 188220

James Montgomery

b. 199420

Albert Bell

b. 189820

George Gray

b. 1894United Kingdom20

George Turnbull

b. 1911United Kingdom20

Ken Thompson

b. 1926United Kingdom20

Lee Howey

b. 1969United Kingdom20

Barney Travers

b. 189420

Adam Brown

b. 1987United Kingdom20

Tancey Wharton

b. 1890United Kingdom20

Harry Ridley

b. 1904United Kingdom20

George Smith

b. 1908United Kingdom20

Fred Robson

b. 1892United Kingdom20

John Hardy

b. 1899United Kingdom20

Ralph Rodgerson

b. 1892United Kingdom20

Ray Snowball

b. 1932United Kingdom20

George Walker

b. 1934United Kingdom20

Dick Hughes

b. 1902United Kingdom20

Frederick Mearns

b. 1879United Kingdom20

Tot Pike

b. 1907United Kingdom20

Jake Orrell

b. 199713

Andy Thompson

13

Jimmy McGeorge

b. 1945United Kingdom13

David Mycock

b. 1921United Kingdom13

Jack Oxberry

b. 190113

John Shaw

b. 188613

Jock Wilson

b. 189413

Billy Webster

b. 190913

John Henery

United Kingdom13

Gary McDonald

b. 1969United Kingdom13

Arnold Lowes

b. 191913

Percy Jameson

b. 191713

Jack Page

b. 189313

Ted Rodgerson

b. 189113

Beth Hepple

b. 1996United Kingdom13

Jimmy Mulvaney

b. 1941United Kingdom13

Stan Ripley

b. 1893United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland13

Tom Naisby

b. 187813

Geoff Power

b. 189913

Edward Watson

b. 190113

Trevor Snowden

b. 1973United Kingdom13

Jos Hetherington

b. 189213

Ian Sawyers

b. 1962United States13

Harold Reay

b. 189613

Harry Wardle

b. 188113

Billy Rooks

b. 189013

Josh King

b. 2000United Kingdom13