List of Luton Town F.C. players

Luton Town Football Club is an English football club based since 1905 at Kenilworth Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third tier of the football league system. Founded in 1885, Luton Town became the first professional team in southern England six years later and joined The Football League in 1897. After leaving the League in 1900 due to financial strife, Luton Town competed in the Southern League until Football League membership was regained 20 years later. After an 89-year period of League membership, the team was relegated to the Conference Premier in 2009 due to a 30-point deduction imposed by the football authorities. Five seasons later, the club won promotion back to The Football League.
Luton Town's first team has competed in numerous nationally contested competitions, and the 50 players judged in 2009 the club's best by Denis O'Donoghue of The Times are listed below. In addition, all players who have appeared 100 times for the club in these competitions are given. Club record holders are also included, regardless of the number of matches they played.
Fred Hawkes holds the record for most league appearances for the club, having played 509 matches between 1901 and 1920. The closest to Hawkes's record is Bob Morton, who appeared 495 times between 1948 and 1964. Including all senior competitions, Morton leads the chart with 562 compared to Hawkes's 549. As of 1 July 2009, the player who has won the most international caps while at the club is Mal Donaghy, who appeared 58 times for Northern Ireland.
The goalscoring record is held by Gordon Turner, who scored 276 goals between 1949 and 1964. Turner's tally of 243 league goals is also a club record. Turner's nearest rival is Andy Rennie, whose 147 league goals, 162 in total, were scored between 1925 and 1934. Joe Payne holds the Luton Town record for the most goals scored in a season, set in 1936–37, with 55 league goals in 39 Third Division South games and 58 in all competitions. Payne also holds the Football League record for most goals in a match, with 10 during a 12–0 victory over Bristol Rovers on 13 April 1936. Turner holds the club record for most goals in a top-flight season, with 33 league goals and 38 overall during 1957–58.

Key

Players with name in bold currently play for the club.
Players with this background and text in bold in the "Nationality" column won full international caps for their country while with the club. If no reliable source has yet been found for the exact number of such caps won, the caps column will be empty and a reference will be supplied for the player having been capped during the relevant period.
¤ Players with this background and symbol in the "Notes" column are club record holders, and have footnotes detailing their achievements.
† Players with this background and symbol in the "Club career" column played for Luton for their entire football career.
Years are the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared in competitive first-team football for the club.
League appearances and goals comprise those in the Southern Football League, the United League, the Football League and the Conference Premier.
Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Southern Football League, United League, Football League, Conference Premier, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Associate Members' Cup/Football League Trophy and several now-defunct competitions including the Anglo-Italian Cup, Texaco Cup, Watney Cup and Full Members' Cup.

Notable players

''The Times'' top 50 (2009)

Name	Nationality	Caps	Position	Club career	League apps	League goals	Total apps	Total goals	Notes
			Forward	1925–1934	307	147	335	162	-
	'	1	Forward	1934–1938		83		87	¤
			Forward	1938–1948	87	63	95	70	-
	'	1	Goalkeeper	1946–1957	276	0	301	0	-
	'	3	Defender	1947–1959	388	3	423	3	-
			Midfielder	1948–1964 †	495	48	562	55	¤
			Forward	1949–1964	406	243	450	276	¤
			Midfielder	1951–1955	106	41	119	43	-
	'	3	Goalkeeper	1952–1965	388	0	432	0	-
			Forward	1952–1954		32		36	-
	'	19	Forward	1953–1961	184	21	212	30	-
	'	7	Midfielder	1958–1960		27	102	33	-
			Forward	1963–1966	84	64	90	66	-
			Midfielder	1964–1969	149	46	167	51	-
			Midfielder	1965–1973	182	21	202	3	-
			Defender	1965–1973	274	13	306	14	-
			Goalkeeper	1965–1972	203	12	233	12	-
			Midfielder	1965–1973	275	28	312	32	-
			Defender	1967–1971	101	9	118	19	-
			Defender	1968–1972	144	11	160	11	-
			Forward	1968–1970	45	22	53	25	-
			Forward	1969–1971		49	101	58	-
			Midfielder	1972–1978	174	31	201	37	-
			Defender	1972–1978	209	6	239	7	-
			Defender	1972–1976	110	1	135	2	-
			Midfielder	1973–1981	285	16	317	17	-
			Defender	1974–1978	123	9	135	9	-
			Defender	1974–1978	131	1	142	1	-
			Forward	1974–1978	120	40	133	43	-
	'	3	Midfielder	1975–1989	436	54	507	65	-
	'	1	Forward	1977–1988 1991–1992	427	130	496	154	-
	'	58	Defender	1978–1988 1989–1990	415	16	488	21	¤
			Midfielder	1978–1985	221	88	245	94	-
			Defender	1978–1984	227	2	248	2	-
			Midfielder	1980–1984	100	9	108	10	-
			Midfielder	1981–1984	118	8	132	10	-
	'	5	Forward	1982–1984		24		28	¤
			Defender	1983–1990	210	3	262	3	-
			Goalkeeper	1983–1990	207	0	259	0	-
			Defender	1984–1989	163	11	213	14	-
		2	Forward	1984–1990 1991–1992	168	69	216	92	-
			Midfielder	1984–1995	336	21	394	27	-
			Defender	1987–2002 †	373	7	440	10	-
			Forward	1993–1998 1998 1999 2002–2003	164	70	193	85	-
			Defender	1999–2002	129	16	146	17	-
			Forward	2001–2006	212	96	228	103	-
			Defender	2001–2008	221	14	252	17	-
			Midfielder	2001–2006 2008–2010	216	30	237	33	-
			Midfielder	2001–2002	34	6	40	6	-
			Defender	2003–2005		2		2	¤

Other Luton Town centurions and record holders

Name	Nationality	Caps	Position	Club career	League apps	League goals	Total apps	Total goals	Notes
			Midfielder	1897–1904 1913–1914	155	30	177	40	-
			Forward	1897–1900		20	109	29	-
			Defender	1898–1905	144	3	157	3	-
			Defender	1899–1901 1905–1909	193	0	211	1	-
			Midfielder	1899–1920 †	509	22	549	25	¤
			Defender	1900–1909 †	237	10	257	11	-
	'	5	Midfielder	1901–1920 †	349	40	382	43	¤
			Forward	1901–1905 1907–1912	232	93	247	104	-
			Forward	1904–1907	101	12	107	12	-
			Goalkeeper	1905–1909	130	0	139	0	-
			Defender	1906–1910	136	12	141	12	-
			Midfielder	1908–1912	135	24	144	24	-
			Midfielder	1913–1915 1919–1925	221	36	237	39	-
	'	1	Forward	1913–1915 1916–1922	160	109	178	122	-
	'	3	Midfielder	1919–1922	101	8	110	9	-
			Midfielder	1919–1925	117	1	124	1	-
			Midfielder	1920–1925	121	23	129	25	-
			Defender	1920–1923	107	0	115	0	-
			Defender	1920–1924	122	4	130	5	-
			Defender	1920–1926	133	4	138	4	-
			Defender	1920–1930	205	4	213	4	-
			Defender	1921–1929	164	5	175	5	-
			Defender	1922–1926	114	2	117	2	-
			Forward	1922–1928	134	70	143	81	-
			Forward	1924–1929	139	41	150	44	-
			Defender	1925–1931	147	0	152	0	-
			Defender	1926–1930		4	101	4	-
			Defender	1926–1935 †	246	4	270	4	-
			Defender	1926–1937	250	0	275	0	-
			Forward	1926–1932	173	78	188	94	-
			Forward	1926–1932		22	105	13	-
			Goalkeeper	1929–1934		0	107	0	-
			Defender	1930–1937	159	2	177	3	-
			Defender	1931–1935	117	5	141	6	-
			Defender	1932–1938	183	2	208	2	-
			Midfielder	1933–1937		27	105	29	-
			Goalkeeper	1934–1939	142	0	158	0	-
			Forward	1934–1945	180	38	198	45	-
			Defender	1934–1939	157	1	172	1	-
			Forward	1934–1939	192	58	212	69	-
			Defender	1935–1938	110	3	124	3	-
			Defender	1935–1939	154	9	168	9	-
			Defender	1935–1939	134	1	148	1	-
			Defender	1946–1953	210	4	228	4	-
			Defender	1946–1951	121	1	134	1	-
			Defender	1946–1957	264	6	275	6	-
			Midfielder	1946–1950	135	9	147	12	-
	/		Defender	1948–1957	267	0	288	0	-
			Forward	1949–1952	107	30	116	30	-
			Defender	1949–1955	218	16	239	20	-
			Defender	1950–1958		1	110	1	-
			Defender	1950–1958		8	100	10	-
	'	1	Forward	1951–1958	112	16	125	19	-
			Midfielder	1951–1957	150	24	171	27	-
	'	15	Defender	1951–1961	301	0	323	0	-
			Midfielder	1953–1959	137	22	140	24	-
			Defender	1953–1963	218	16	251	18	-
			Defender	1954–1963	136	1	150	1	-
			Forward	1956–1961	151	51	172	59	-
	'	3	Defender	1956–1963	134	3	164	3	-
			Defender	1957–1961		1	102	1	-
			Defender	1957–1965	246	16	277	19	-
			Defender	1960–1965	187	1	206	2	-
			Midfielder	1960–1964		11	106	12	-
			Defender	1961–1970	220	9	243	10	-
			Forward	1961–1966	131	31	146	34	-
			Midfielder	1962–1967	102	16	114	17	-
			Midfielder	1963–1969	170	40	188	45	-
			Forward	1966–1973	137	36	154	43	-
			Defender	1966–1970	118	0	132	0	-
			Midfielder	1970–1976	266	10	304	11	-
			Midfielder	1970–1976	181	34	208	40	-
			Goalkeeper	1970–1977	142	0	158	0	-
			Midfielder	1970–1977	184	21	214	25	-
			Defender	1971–1975		3	112	4	-
			Defender	1971–1975		2	110	5	-
	'	1	Defender	1972–1981	207	8	230	8	-
			Forward	1973–1978	143	44	162	48	-
			Midfielder	1974–1983	160	24	180	27	-
			Defender	1978–1982		3	110	4	-
			Goalkeeper	1978–1985	167	0	187	0	-
			Midfielder	1978–1985		2	102	3	-
			Defender	1982–1986 1993–1999	292	5	336	5	-
	'	3	Midfielder	1984–1989		3	115	4	-
	'	15	Midfielder	1984–1987	102	1	116	1	-
			Defender	1986–1998	162	4	191	5	-
			Midfielder	1986–1992	105	5	129	7	-
	'	16	Midfielder	1987–1992	127	26	157	30	-
			Defender	1987–1998	282	13	335	14	-
			Midfielder	1987–1989 1995–1998	146	22	172	33	-
	'	15	Midfielder	1987–1990	110	24	142	30	-
			Goalkeeper	1988–1993	138	0	158	0	-
			Defender	1988–1994	214	13	249	15	-
	'	6	Forward	1989–1991		19		27	¤
	'	6	Midfielder	1989–1997	175	17	206	20	-
			Midfielder	1990–1995	144	19	165	22	-
	'	5	Forward	1991–1993 1997–2000	140	43	161	53	-
			Defender	1991–1997		1	104	1	-
			Midfielder	1991–1996	173	27	200	34	-
			Defender	1991–1998	179	0	202	0	-
			Midfielder	1993–2001	167	4	202	6	-
	'	3	Goalkeeper	1993–1995		0	103	0
			Goalkeeper	1994–1999		0	105	0	-
			Forward	1994–1999	128	28	156	39	-
			Midfielder	1994–1998	153	3	172	3	-
			Midfielder	1995–1999	150	15	180	17	-
			Defender	1995–1999	138	21	175	27	-
			Forward	1995–2002	146	18	173	23	-
			Goalkeeper	1995–1998		0	100	0	-
			Forward	1996–2003	123	18	147	20	-
			Midfielder	1997–2004 2007–2008	308	36	357	43	-
			Forward	1997–2002	102	20	124	24	-
			Defender	1997–2000 2009–2010		4	115	4	-
			Defender	1998–2004	186	8	212	9	-
			Midfielder	2000–2007	105	11	127	12	-
			Midfielder	2001–2008	194	31	223	38	-
			Defender	2001–2007		9	108	9	-
			Defender	2002–2009	199	3	229	3	-
			Defender	2002–2007	151	3	166	5	-
	'	7	Midfielder	2002–2008	185	9	211	12
			Goalkeeper	2003–2009 2012–2013	88	0	109	0	-
			Goalkeeper	2003–2004 2004–2008	116	0	132	0	-
			Midfielder	2003–2012	237	7	284	8	-
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