Hearts Players A Selective Classification

Selected Pre War Player details are incomplete

Pre War	Player	Position	First	Last	Apps	Goals	Legends			Heroes			Other	Notes
Pre War	Player	Position	First	Last	Apps	Goals	Fitba	Scot tish	Hearts	Hearts	Cult	One Off	Other	Notes
*	Lawrence Abrams	Full Back	31 Dec 1910	28 Apr 1914	117	9
	Stephane Adam	Forward	16 Jul 1997	12 May 2002	129	31								The scorer of the goal that won Hearts first trophy in 46 years.
	Alan Anderson	Centre Half	02 Jan 1964	26 Apr 1976	467	31
*	Andy Anderson	Right Back	15 Aug 1931	08 Apr 1944	75	5								"Tiger" Anderson was a skilful and much loved Hearts and Scotland full back. The 3rd most capped Hearts Scottish player.
*	Davie Baird	Outside Left	10 Nov 1888	25 Apr 1903	166	70								Only Hearts player to win 3 Scottish Cups.
	Eamonn Bannon	Midfield	09 Oct 1976	14 Dec 1994	242	39								His transfer to Chelsea saved Hearts from bankruptcy in the 1970s.
	Roy Barry	Centre Half	12 Aug 1961	26 Sep 1966	139	9
*	Barney Battles Jnr	Centre Forward	11 Aug 1928	29 Apr 1936	88	152								Prolific goalscorer. Hearts record goalscorer in a single season 44. Scored 11 goals versus Hibs in the space of a month in 3 local Cup Finals. Son of Barney Battles Senior who died before his son was born. Also capped for USA.
*	Barney Battles Snr	Right Left Half Back	08 Sep 1894	29 May 1895	16	0								Won championships with Hearts and Celtic. Father of Barney junior, tragically died before his son was born.
	Willie Bauld	Centre Forward	01 May 1948	03 Mar 1962	414	277								The King. Hearts record competitive goalscorer. Part of the Terrible Trio. id not attend Tynecastyle for 13 years after being charged for match ball used in his testimonial. Died at early age in 1977. Fans remember him with annual dinner.
*	Bobby Baxter	Centre Half	01 Jan 1940	29 Mar 1947	42	7
*	Isaac Begbie	Right Half	25 Aug 1888	10 Mar 1900	139	4
*	Mark Bell	Outside Right/Outside Left	05 Apr 1890	23 Jan 1904	24	13
	Jim Bett	Midfield	08 Oct 1994	09 Aug 1995	30	2
*	Andy Black	Inside Left	31 Aug 1935	23 Feb 1946	100	136								Prolific goal scorer North and South of the border.
	Jimmy Bone	Forward	03 Aug 1983	30 Jan 1985	69	14
	Dave Bowman	Midfield	03 Oct 1979	08 Dec 1984	155	11
*	Thomas Breckenridge	Winger/Inside forward	1886-87	15 Sep 1888	10	6
	Jim Brown	Midfield / Defender	04 Jan 1969	14 May 1979	384	25
*	Jimmy Brown	Goalkeeper	10 Oct 1942	14 Apr 1952	229	0
*	Albert Buick	Outside Right	21 Sep 1896	18 Apr 1903	74	5
	Drew Busby	Forward / Midfield	04 Aug 1973	25 Apr 1979	256	84								A cult hero of the 1970s. Scorer of the last goal for Third Lanark.
	Ralph Callachan	Midfield	13 Apr 1974	05 Feb 1977	114	19
	Colin Cameron	Forward	10 Apr 1996	18 Aug 2001	189	59
	Sandy Clark	Forward	20 Oct 1984	29 May 1994	165	40
	David Clunie	Full Back	07 May 1966	23 Apr 1977	309	8
	John Colquhoun	Forward	25 Jul 1985	21 Dec 1996	425	82								Much loved 1980's winger and goalscorer.
	Alfie Conn Jnr	Forward	03 Oct 1979	10 Jan 1981	21	3
*	Alfie Conn Snr	Inside Right	14 Oct 1944	31 Oct 1960	323	165								Part of the "Terrible Trio".
	Ian Crawford	Outside Left	15 Sep 1954	29 Mar 1961	174	79								Scorer of 2 goals in 1956 Scottish Cup Final victory over Celtic.
*	Paddie Crossan	Right Back	17 Feb 1912	29 Mar 1924	154	14								Pte. Patrick James 'Paddy' Crossan. Twice wounded and gassed at least once. a Robust and popular player who returned to play for several seasons. Earned two testimonials. Later opened a pub in Rose Street Edinburgh. Died suddenly in 1933 in his fortieth year.
	Jim Cruickshank	Goalkeeper	15 Oct 1960	23 Apr 1977	528	0								Much loved 1960's goalkeeper.
	John Cumming	Left Half	30 Dec 1950	09 May 1967	505	44								Hearts most honoured player with 2 League Titles, 1 Scottish Cup and 4 League Cups.
	Norrie Davidson	Centre Forward	04 Feb 1961	26 Oct 1963	58	29
*	Percy Dawson	Centre Forward	14 Jan 1911	21 Feb 1914	92	70
	Mark de Vries	Forward	03 Aug 2002	02 Jan 2005	90	33
	Willie Duff	Goalkeeper	14 Aug 1954	12 Nov 1956	85	0
	Gordon Durie	Forward	01 Oct 2000	22 Apr 2001	18	3
*	Jock Fairbairn	Goalkeeper	01 Feb 1890	21 May 1898	135	0
	Justin Fashanu	Forward	28 Jul 1993	11 Dec 1993	15	1
	George Fleming	Midfield	01 Aug 1966	25 Dec 1971	168	32
	Thomas Flogel	Defender / Midfield	16 Jul 1997	12 May 2002	164	12
*	Freddie Forbes	Forward	03 May 1920	04 Mar 1922	21	36
	Donald Ford	Forward	26 Sep 1964	21 Feb 1976	367	143								Much loved 1960's and 1970's forward. Very good cricketer who played for Scotland.
	Cammy Fraser	Midfield	24 Feb 1975	13 Aug 1980	191	20
	Steve Fulton	Midfield	14 Oct 1995	12 May 2002	239	19
	Takis Fyssas	Full Back	14 Aug 2005	12 May 2007	62	1								Euro 2004 winner with Greece.
	Willie Gibson	Forward	17 Mar 1973	02 May 1981	311	112
	Freddie Glidden	Centre Half	10 Nov 1951	29 Nov 1958	229	3
	Alan Gordon	Forward	21 Oct 1961	14 Apr 1969	150	63
	Craig Gordon	Goalkeeper	03 Mar 2001	28 Jul 2007	175	0								A Hearts fan who became Hearts most capped Scottish goalkeeper with 23 Caps. 3rd most capped Scottish Hearts player of all time along with Andy Anderson. Became Britain's most expensive goalkeeper and Sunderland's record transfer fee. The fourth most expensive goalkeeper in World football.
*	Tom Gracie	Forward	15 Aug 1914	19 Apr 1915	37	29
	Johnny Hamilton	Winger	01 Oct 1955	08 Apr 1967	392	110
	Willie Hamilton	Inside Forward	01 Sep 1962	22 Feb 1969	70	22								Reckoned by many who saw him to be the most "gifted" player to play for either Hearts or Hibs.
*	Jack Harkness	Goalkeeper	05 May 1928	15 Aug 1936	40	0								An "immortal" as part of the "Wembley Wizards". Much loved writer on the "Sunday Post"
	Paul Hartley	Midfield	16 Jul 2003	20 Jan 2007	149	38
*	Johnny Hill	Left Half	11 Aug 1888	05 Nov 1892	52	4
*	George Hogg	Left Half	13 Aug 1892	25 Apr 1903	159	10
	David Holt	Left Back	24 Sep 1960	14 Apr 1969	301	0
	Darren Jackson	Forward / Midfield	03 Apr 1999	22 Oct 2000	64	11
	Edgaras Jankauskas	Forward	20 Jul 2005	17 Mar 2007	47	13								European Cup winner with Porto.
	Sandy Jardine	Sweeper	27 Jul 1982	24 Apr 1988	238	3								A Rangers great. Sandy formed a Scotland full back partnership with Danny McGrain. Won Scottish player of the year with Hearts in 1986 when he played a far more organising role in the centre of defence.
	Jim Jefferies	Defender	04 Mar 1972	02 May 1981	310	6
*	Tom Jenkinson	Outside Right	1884-85	02 Sep 1897	22	8
	Roald Jensen	Winger	02 Jan 1965	19 May 1976	102	25								A Legend in Norwegian football. Norwegian player of the Year 4 times. Twice before joining Hearts and twice after.
	Willie Johnston	Winger	22 Sep 1982	20 Feb 1985	79	11								Winner of European Cup Winners Cup with Rangers. Notorious for being sent home during 1978 World Cup.
	Joe Jordan	Manager	13 May 1991	13 May 1991	0	0								An "Old Fashioned" centre forward much loved by Man Utd, Leeds and Scotland fans. Scotland's top scorer at World Cup Finals. First British player to score in 3 separate World Cup Finals.
	Roy Kay	Full Back	30 Apr 1969	16 Apr 1977	206	3
*	Peter Kerr	Unknown	07 May 1924	12 Oct 1929	6	5
	Walter Kidd	Right Back	03 Aug 1977	26 Nov 1994	462	9
	Craig Levein	Centre Half	03 Dec 1983	30 Aug 1995	398	17								Cultured defender who would have surely won more Scottish caps but for injuries. Became manager at a difficult period guided Hearts to European qualification for the first time in 2 consecutive seasons since the 1960s.
	Frank Liddell	Centre Half	07 May 1978	29 Aug 1981	114	4
*	George Livingstone	Forward	19 Sep 1896	09 Apr 1900	23	28
	Gary Locke	Midfield	08 May 1993	02 Jan 2001	189	6
	Andy Lynch	Outside Left	06 Oct 1969	01 Jan 1973	89	21
	Alex MacDonald	Midfield	03 Oct 1979	24 Apr 1988	155	18
	Dave Mackay	Right Half	07 Nov 1953	07 Mar 1959	179	29								The "greatest" post war player to play for Hearts. Bill Nicholson regarded him as "key piece" in the Spurs Double winning side. Achieved further success under Brian Clough at Derby.
	Gary Mackay	Midfield	20 Aug 1980	01 Mar 1997	640	64								Hearts record appearance holder.
	Arthur Mann	Left Back	23 Oct 1967	16 Nov 1968	45	0								Arthur was originally with Hearts and played in the 1968 Scottish Cup final defeat against Dunfermline. In November of that year, he moved to Manchester City, and won a League Cup Final medal, following victory over West Bromwich Albion in 1970.
	Gordon Marshall	Goalkeeper	19 Sep 1956	11 May 1963	267	0
*	Alex Massie	Right Half	08 Nov 1930	10 May 1941	24	23								Regarded as the best "wing half" of his day. On transfer to Villa he was known as "The Ace of Hearts".
	Neil McCann	Winger	31 Jul 1996	16 Feb 2008	128	24
*	Dave McCulloch	Centre Forward	11 Aug 1934	25 Nov 1935	35	56
*	Tam McKenzie	Full Back	10 Jan 1942	30 Oct 1958	351	5
	Tosh McKinlay	Left Back	10 Dec 1988	29 Oct 1994	247	8
	Alan McLaren	Defender	24 Apr 1988	22 Oct 1994	219	9
	Dave McPherson	Defender	18 Jul 1987	23 May 1999	363	33
*	John McPherson	Centre Half	25 Aug 1888	24 Sep 1892	25	10
*	Bob Mercer	Centre Half	21 Aug 1909	14 Sep 1920	223	24								Gassed during WWI discharged invalid. Died whilst playing in a Friendly at Selkirk.
	George Miller (2)	Half Back	20 Nov 1965	16 Nov 1968	102	8
	Bobby Moncur	Manager	11 May 1980	11 May 1980	0	0
	Jimmy Murray	Inside Right	15 Mar 1952	20 Apr 1961	144	81								Scorer of Scotland's first World Cup goal.
	Gary Naysmith	Defender	04 May 1996	01 Oct 2000	120	4
	Antti Niemi	Goalkeeper	19 Dec 1999	18 Aug 2002	106	0								The most capped player to win a cap whilst playing for Hearts.
	Bobby Parker	Full Back	16 Aug 1947	23 Nov 1957	329	27
	Bobby Prentice	Outside Left	04 Aug 1973	28 Apr 1979	209	20
	Steven Pressley	Defender	12 Jul 1998	25 Nov 2006	332	24								Hearts record Scottish cap holder.
*	Tom Purdie	Full Back	28 Aug 1875	12 Feb 1881	9	0
*	Jock Ramage	Unknown	11 Oct 1919	09 Jan 1926	7	7
*	Jake Reid	Goalkeeper	28 Aug 1875	29 Oct 1887	11	0
*	Harry Rennie	Goalkeeper	15 Aug 1898	09 Apr 1900	15	0								The 'father' of modern goalkeeping. Achieved most success with Edinburgh rivals Hibernian.
	John Robertson	Forward	17 Feb 1982	16 May 1998	631	271								Hearts record league goalscorer. Record Competitive goalscorer versus Hibs.
*	Nick Ross	Full Back / Centre Forward	17 Sep 1881	19 Apr 1884	3	1								A giant of the early game. Ross was one of the first players who could 'read' the game. His Scientific methods helps lay the foundations of the 'Invincibles'. Sadly he died of consumption aged 31,
	Gilles Rousset	Goalkeeper	28 Oct 1995	28 Sep 2000	164	0
*	Davie Russell	Forward	04 Oct 1890	06 May 1896	89	39								Won the league and Cup with both Hearts and Celtic.
	Rudi Skacel	Midfield	20 Jul 2005	13 May 2006	40	17
	Gordon Smith (1)	Right Wing	22 Aug 1959	20 Apr 1961	60	15								Arguably the best player ever to play for Hibs. Scored hat-trick on debut vs. Hearts when a teenager. The only player to win the Scottish League with 3 different Clubs, Hibs , Hearts and Dundee.
	Henry Smith	Goalkeeper	25 Jul 1981	31 Jan 1996	598	0								Hearts record appearance holder by a goalkeeper.
*	Charlie Thomson	Defender	16 Apr 1898	23 Oct 1912	96	48								Hearts most versatile player. Played every position except goalkeeper. One of the best Hearts and Scotland Captains.
	Eddie Thomson	Half Back	22 Mar 1967	12 Mar 1973	211	6								Hearts fans shocked when he was transferred to Aberdeen. Achieved great success in Australia.
*	Bobby Walker	Forward	18 Apr 1896	27 Apr 1914	222	141								Along with Tommy Walker "the greatest" player to play for Hearts. Scotland record Cap Holder for 25 years.
*	Darky Walker	Unknown	29 Oct 1898	12 Nov 1898	3	0								The first black player to play professional top league football in Scotland.
*	Johnny Walker	Forward	04 Mar 1893	02 Apr 1898	85	37
*	Tommy Walker	Inside Forward	03 Sep 1932	02 May 1949	195	205								Along with Bobby Walker "the greatest" player to play for Hearts. Would have broken Scotland Cap record but for WWII. Hearts most successful manager.
	Willie Wallace	Centre Forward	29 Apr 1961	03 Dec 1966	239	128								European Cup Winner with Celtic.
	Jimmy Wardhaugh	Inside Left	21 Aug 1946	31 Oct 1960	415	271								Part of the "Terrible Trio". Was Heart record league goal scorer until record broken by John Robertson.
*	Jock White	Forward	17 Dec 1921	21 Feb 1934	104	182								The only British forward to score 4 goals in 3 successive games.
*	Andy Wilson	Forward	15 Oct 1910	17 Feb 1923	112	58								Prolific goal scorer for Hearts, Dunfermline Athletic and Middlesbrough. Would have won more than 12 caps if career hadn't started during WWI. 3rd most prolific scorer for Scotland in terms of goals per game for players with 10 or more caps. 13 goals in 12 games. Scored the only goal in Scotland's first victory in England for 19 years in 1922.
	Alex Young	Forward	27 Aug 1955	12 Nov 1960	197	101								A free scoring forward. The "Golden Vision" went onto be a similarly loved player with Everton. The only Hearts player to ever have a TV play named after him. "the Golden Vision".