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10. Notable Ex-Players


Town have had a number of players who have gone on to play either professionally or semi-professionally. Also one or two made their way to Town after a career in the professional ranks.

Here are a few players that...

Ambrose Langley - Ambrose must have been one of the greatest players ever to wear the Town shirt. He played in Town's halcyon days in the 1880s and was in the line up which lost to Aston Villa in the FA Cup in 1886-87.

R.Tomlinson - Grimsby Town (1935) and Southampton (1938)

R.Falkner - Grimsby Town (circa 1955)

S.Parkinson - Lincoln City (1993)

Joby Gowshall Grimsby Town YTS (1993)

Jim Jones

Michael Jones - Milwall (late 1970s/early 1980s)

G.Smith - Signed for Grimsby Town in 1926

D.Dovey - Lincoln City (1924-26)

J.Carter - Sunderland (1926)

P.Bland - Former Town goalkeeper. Lincoln City, Bradford Park Avenue, Watford (1936)

John Dunne - Lincoln City (1914)

T.Wield - Lincoln City, Scunthorpe Utd (Mid 1920s)

Alec Brader - Grimsby Town (early 1960s)