List of English cricket and football players
This is a list of sportspeople who have played both first-class cricket and top level football in England. The list includes thirteen sportspeople who are dual internationals, having represented England's national team at both sports.
Footballers who have not competed at a professional level in the Football League are only eligible for inclusion if they have represented the England national football team.
Double internationals
Name | Cricket club/team | Cricket profile | Football club/team | Football profile |
Johnny Arnold | ||||
Andy Ducat | ||||
C. B. Fry | ||||
Tip Foster | ||||
Leslie Gay | ||||
Billy Gunn | ||||
Wally Hardinge | ||||
Alfred Lyttelton | ||||
Harry Makepeace | ||||
Arthur Milton | ||||
Jack Sharp | ||||
Clare Taylor | ||||
Willie Watson |
England cricket team and professional football
Name | Cricket club/team | Cricket profile | Football club/team | Football profile |
Les Ames |
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David Bairstow | ||||
Chris Balderstone | ||||
Ian Botham | ||||
Brian Close | ||||
Denis Compton | ||||
Jack Durston | ||||
Laurie Fishlock | ||||
Patsy Hendren | ||||
Harry Howell | ||||
Walter Keeton | ||||
Phil Mead | ||||
Cyril Poole | ||||
Walter Robins | ||||
Mordecai Sherwin | ||||
Arnie Sidebottom | ||||
David Smith | ||||
Micky Stewart | ||||
William Storer | ||||
Frank Sugg | ||||
Ken Taylor |
First-class cricket and England football team
Name | Cricket club/team | Cricket profile | Football club/team | Football profile |
C. W. Alcock |
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Claude Ashton | ||||
Morton Betts | ||||
Francis Birley | ||||
George Brann | ||||
John Brockbank | ||||
Cuthbert Burnup | ||||
Lindsay Bury | ||||
Raich Carter | ||||
Charles Chenery | ||||
Leslie Compton | ||||
Tommy Cook | ||||
Norman Cooper | ||||
George Cotterill | ||||
Arthur Cursham | ||||
Henry Cursham | ||||
Harry Daft | ||||
John Devey | ||||
Percy de Paravicini | ||||
John Dixon | ||||
Graham Doggart | ||||
Ted Drake | ||||
William Foulke | ||||
Monty Garland-Wells | ||||
Billy George | ||||
John Goodall | ||||
R. Cunliffe Gosling | ||||
Leonard Graham | ||||
Arthur Grimsdell | ||||
Fred Hargreaves | ||||
Stanley Harris | ||||
Edward Haygarth | ||||
Mike Hellawell | ||||
Arthur Henfrey | ||||
Gordon Hodgson | ||||
Anthony Hossack | ||||
Eric Houghton | ||||
Leonard Howell | ||||
Geoff Hurst | ||||
James Iremonger | ||||
William Kenyon-Slaney | ||||
Robert Kingsford | ||||
Arthur Knight | ||||
Jack Lee | ||||
Tinsley Lindley | ||||
William Lindsay | ||||
Lewis Vaughan Lodge | ||||
Edward Lyttelton | ||||
Clement Mitchell | ||||
Billy Moon | ||||
Ernest Needham | ||||
Cuthbert Ottaway | ||||
Percival Parr | ||||
George Raikes | ||||
Herbert Rawson | ||||
G. O. Smith | ||||
Harry Storer, Jr. | ||||
Alfred Stratford | ||||
Derek Ufton | ||||
Fanny Walden | ||||
Percy Walters | ||||
Sam Weaver | ||||
Fred Wheldon | ||||
Herbert Whitfeld | ||||
S.W. Widdowson | ||||
Charles Plumpton Wilson | ||||
Claude Wilson | ||||
Jimmy Windridge | ||||
Max Woosnam | ||||
Charles Wreford-Brown |
First-class cricket and professional football
Name | Cricket club/team | Cricket profile | Football club/team | Football profile |
Hubert Ashton |
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Ray Bailey | ||||
Gordon Barker | ||||
Keith Barker | ||||
Mike Barnard | ||||
William Bates | ||||
Don Bennett | ||||
Ian Buxton | ||||
Alec Campbell | ||||
Tom Clark | ||||
Graham Cross | ||||
John Cuffe | ||||
Jim Cumbes | ||||
George Dews | ||||
Len Dolding | ||||
Alonzo Drake | ||||
Jack Dyson | ||||
Charlie Elliott | ||||
Arthur Foster | ||||
William Fox | ||||
Joe Gatting | ||||
Freddie Goodwin | ||||
Ian Hall | ||||
Jim Hammond | ||||
Bernard Harrison | ||||
Bill Harvey | ||||
Ted Hemsley | ||||
John Higgins | ||||
Len Hill | ||||
Chris Hollins | ||||
Arthur Holt | ||||
Henry Horton | ||||
Albert Iremonger | ||||
Harold Jarman | ||||
Arthur Jepson | ||||
Stuart McMillan | ||||
Chris Marples | ||||
Barrie Meyer | ||||
Frank Mitchell | ||||
Arthur Mounteney | ||||
Phil Neale | ||||
Ron Nicholls | ||||
Joe North | ||||
Ralph Prouton | ||||
Alan Ramage | ||||
Don Roper | ||||
Sid Russell | ||||
Malcolm Scott | ||||
Jim Standen | ||||
Bob Stephenson | ||||
Harry Storer, Sr. | ||||
Ken Suttle | ||||
Ray Swallow | ||||
Ron Tindall | ||||
Maurice Tompkin | ||||
Horace Wass | ||||
Henry White | ||||
Levi Wright |