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Ipswich Town F.C. Hall Of Fame

Ipswich Town Football Club is an English association football club founded in 1878. In 2007, the club created a hall of fame into which a number of personnel associated with the club are inducted every year. The inaugural members, Ray Crawford, Mick Mills, Ted Phillips and John Wark, were selected in 2007 by a ballot of former Ipswich players. There were no inductees for the 2020 or 2021 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As of 2024, five of the Hall of Fame's inductees are club record holders. England international Crawford remains Ipswich Town's all-time top scorer, with 203 goals between 1958 and 1969. Allan Hunter, inducted in 2009, is the most internationally capped player while at Ipswich, having played for Northern Ireland 47 times while at the club. England international Mills is the club's all-time appearance record-holder having played 741 competitive matches. Phillips is the club's all-time season top-scorer, scoring 46 goals in the 1956–57 season when Ipswich played in the Football League Third Division South.

John Elsworthy (inducted 2008) is the earliest player to represent Ipswich to be inducted into the Hall of the Fame, having played for the club from 1949 to 1964, while Jason de Vos (inducted 2019) is the most recent representative of the club to be inducted. The inductees include nine posthumous members, amongst them managers Alf Ramsey who led the club to back-to-back division titles in the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons before going on to manage England to victory in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, and John Lyall who took Ipswich into the inaugural Premier League in 1992.

Members

Kevin Beattie wearing a dark jacket, a white shirt, and black-and-white polka dot tie
Kevin Beattie was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2008.
Paul Mariner with shoulder-length hair, wearing an open-necked blue polo shirt
England international Paul Mariner was inducted in 2011.
Arnold Muhren with shoulder-length hair wearing an Ajax football shirt
Dutch midfielder Arnold Mühren was inducted in 2009.
Alf Ramsey wearing a dark suit, a white shirt and a dark tie
Alf Ramsey managed Ipswich between 1955 and 1963 before leading England to win the World Cup; he was posthumously inducted in 2011.
Hermann Hreiðarsson wearing a bow tie.
Icelandic defender Hermann Hreiðarsson was inducted in 2019.
Players who represented their country while at the club
Club record holder
Posthumous induction
Members of the Ipswich Town F.C. Hall of Fame
Name Nationality Position or
role at club
Year of
induction
Years at
ITFC
Appearances Goals Notes
Basil Acres England Full back 2012 1951–1959 231 6
Roy Bailey England Goalkeeper 2011 1955–1964 346 0
Billy Baxter Scotland Centre half 2009 1960–1971 459 22
Kevin Beattie England Central defender 2008 1972–1981 307 32
Alan Brazil Scotland Forward 2013 1977–1982 210 80
George Burley Scotland Right full back
Manager
2009 1973–1985
1994–2002
500 11
Terry Butcher England Central defender 2010 1977–1985 351 21
Larry Carberry England Right full back 2010 1956–1964 283 0
John Cobbold England Chairman 2010 1948–1983 Merit award
John Compton England Defender 2011 1960–1963 131 0
Paul Cooper England Goalkeeper 2014 1974–1987 575 0
Ray Crawford England Forward 2007 1958–1969 353 227
Jason Dozzell England Forward 2015 1983–1992
1997
416 73
John Elsworthy Wales Wing half 2008 1949–1964 434 52
Bobby Ferguson England Manager 2015 1982–1987 Merit award
Jimmy Forsyth Scotland Coach
Caretaker manager
2012 1964 Merit award
Eric Gates England Forward 2012 1973–1984 384 96
Pat Godbold England Secretary
Archivist
2009 1954– Merit award
Bryan Hamilton Northern Ireland Midfielder 2014 1971–1976 199 56
Colin Harper England Defender 2016 1965–1974 180 6
Danny Hegan Northern Ireland Midfielder 2016 1963–1968 230 38
Matt Holland Republic of Ireland Midfielder 2014 1997–2003 314 45
Hermann Hreiðarsson Iceland Defender 2019 2000–2003 128 3
Allan Hunter Northern Ireland Central defender 2009 1971–1982 355 10
David Johnson England Forward 2016 1972–1975 178 46
Gavin Johnson England Left back 2022 1989–1995 131 10
John Kerr England Chairman 2013 1983–1995 Merit award
Chris Kiwomya England Forward 2017 1988–1994 261 64
Mick Lambert England Winger 2015 1968–1978 263 45
Cyril Lea Wales Wing half 2010 1964–1968 123 2
Jimmy Leadbetter Scotland Winger 2008 1955–1965 373 49
David Linighan England Center back 2022 1988–1995 277 12
John Lyall England Manager 2014 1990–1994 Merit award
Jim Magilton Northern Ireland Midfielder
Manager
2023 1999–2006
2006–2009
322 22
Ken Malcolm Scotland Defender 2022 1954–1963 274 2
Paul Mariner England Centre forward 2011 1976–1983 339 135
Steve McCall England Midfielder 2017 1978–1986 331 12
Mick Mills England Full back 2007 1966–1982 741 30
Doug Millward England Forward 2022 1955–1963 143 35
Simon Milton England Midfielder 2016 1987–1997 330 56
Doug Moran Scotland Forward 2011 1961–1963 123 37
Tony Mowbray England Centre back 2016 1995–2000 158 8
Arnold Mühren Netherlands Midfielder 2009 1978–1982 214 29
Andy Nelson England Defender 2011 1959–1964 214 0
Kevin O'Callaghan Republic of Ireland Left winger 2022 1980–1985 115 3
Roger Osborne England Midfielder 2010 1973–1980 148 10
Russell Osman England Centre back 2011 1977–1984 385 21
Tommy Parker England Wing half 2010 1945–1957 465 92
Ted Phillips England Inside forward 2007 1954–1964 294 179
Reg Pickett England Wing half 2022 1957–1963 140 3
Alf Ramsey England Manager 2011 1955–1963 Merit award
Dale Roberts England Defender
Assistant Manager
2013 1974–1977
1995–2003
24 0
Bobby Robson England Manager 2009 1969–1982 Merit award
David Rose England Club secretary 2017 1958–2003 Merit award
James Scowcroft England Forward 2024 1994–2001
2005
257 55
David Sheepshanks England Chairman 2013 1987–2009 Merit award
Laurie Sivell England Goalkeeper 2018 1967–1984 175 0
Roy Stephenson England Right winger 2009 1960–1964 163 26
Mick Stockwell England Midfielder 2013 1982–2000 608 44
Marcus Stewart England Forward 2023 2000–2002 96 37
Brian Talbot England Midfielder 2013 1973–1978 227 31
Team of 1961–62 England NA 2011 1961–1962 52 116 Merit award
Frans Thijssen Netherlands Midfielder 2008 1979–1983 170 16
Jason de Vos Canada Defender 2019 2004–2008 179 11
John Wark Scotland Midfielder 2007 1975–1996 678 179
Trevor Whymark England Forward 2012 1969–1978 335 104
Fabian Wilnis Netherlands Full back 2024 1999–2008 324 6
Charlie Woods England Forward 2016 1969–1979 89 7
Clive Woods England Winger 2014 1966–1980 339 31
Frank Yallop Canada Defender 2023 1984–1996 386 8

Footnotes

  1. ^ Led the team to win the Second Division in the 1967–68 season
  2. ^ All-time top scorer
  3. ^ Club's most capped player with 47 appearances for Northern Ireland
  4. ^ All-time appearance record-holder
  5. ^ Most goals in a season (41) in 1956–57 season
  6. ^ PFA Players' Player of the Year in 1981