- Jermaine Pennant
Jermaine Lloyd Pennant (born January 15 1983 in Nottingham) is an English footballer who signed for Liverpool in July 2006. A pacy right-sided midfielder with fine dribbling skills, he has previously played for Notts County, Arsenal, Watford, Leeds United and Birmingham City.
- Paul Robinson
Paul William Robinson (born October 15, 1979 in Beverley) is a professional footballer. He is presently the first-choice goalkeeper for Tottenham Hotspur and England. He started his career at Leeds United, for whom he made 119 appearances before transferring to Tottenham in May 2004.
- Rio Ferdinand
Rio Gavin Ferdinand (born November 7, 1978 in Peckham, London) is an English footballer of mixed St Lucian and Anglo-Irish descent. He plays at centre-back for Manchester United in the FA Premier League and at the international level for the England national football team. He has achieved more than 50 caps for the English national team, and has been selected for three FIFA World Cup squads.
- Andy Gray
Andrew David Gray (born November 15 1977 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England) is a Scottish football player currently at Burnley F.C. He is the son of the former Scotland defender Frank Gray and nephew of Leeds United legend Eddie Gray. He started his career as a midfield player but later moved into a forward position. Andy began his career with Leeds United and has also played for Nottingham Forest, Bury, Preston North End, Oldham Athletic, Bradford City, …
- Gordon Strachan
Gordon David Strachan OBE (born 9 February 1957, in Edinburgh) is a retired Scottish football player, and is now a football manager. He is currently manager of Celtic. During his largely successful playing career he played for Dundee (1974-1977), Aberdeen (1977-1984), Manchester United (1984-1989), Leeds United (1989-1995) and Coventry City (1995-1997). He also won 50 international caps for Scotland and is a member of the Scotland Football Hall of Fame.
- John Charles
John Charles, CBE (27 December 1931 - 21 February 2004) was a Welsh football player. Rated by many as the greatest all-round footballer ever to come from Britain, he was equally adept at centre-forward or centre-back. He was never cautioned or sent off during his entire career, due to his philosophy of never kicking or intentionally hurting opposing players. Standing 6 feet 2 inches, he was nicknamed "Il Gigante Buono" - The Gentle Giant.
- Alan Smith
Alan Smith (born 28 October 1980 in Rothwell, West Yorkshire) is an English professional football player,. He has played centre-forward for most of his career. He formerly played for Leeds United, and now plays for Manchester United.
- Mark Viduka
Mark Anthony Viduka (born October 9, 1975 in Melbourne) is an Australian striker of Croatian and Ukrainian descent, who has signed for Newcastle United in the English Premier League and also plays for the Australian national team. He is known for his strong physical presence and hold-up play. Viduka and his wife, Ivana, have two sons; Joseph, nicknamed 'Joey' (born 2002), and Lucas (born September 2006)
- Aaron Lennon
Aaron Justin Lennon (born April 16, 1987 in Chapeltown, Leeds) is an English footballer currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur.
- Eric Cantona
Éric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a French former footballer of the late 1980s and 1990s. He ended his professional footballing career at Manchester United where he won four Premiership titles in five years, including two League and FA Cup "doubles". Cantona is often regarded as having played a major talismanic role in the revival of Manchester United as a footballing powerhouse and he enjoys iconic status at the club. In 2001 he was voted their player of the century, …
- Jack Charlton
John 'Jack' Charlton OBE (born Ashington, Northumberland, May 8, 1935) was a footballer who played for Leeds United in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and who won the World Cup with England. He later became a manager of both domestic and international sides, and is particularly well known for his successful spell as manager of the Republic of Ireland team. Born into a footballing family (his uncle was Jackie Milburn), …
- Eddie Gray
Edwin Gray (born January 17 1948 in Glasgow, Scotland) was a cultured winger who was an integral member of the legendary Leeds United football team of the 1960s and 1970s, later twice becoming the club's manager. Gray was a schoolboy international for Scotland, and signed professional forms for Leeds at the age of 16. He made his first team debut on New Year's Day 1966, fewer than three weeks before his 18th birthday, …
- Frank Worthington
Frank Stewart Worthington (born November 23, 1948 in Shelf near Halifax, Yorkshire) is a former English footballer. Frank was born into a footballing family. Both of his parents had played the game and his two older brothers, Dave and Bob, became professional footballers, both began their careers with Halifax Town.
- Tony Dorigo
Anthony Robert Dorigo is a retired football (soccer) player who played for Aston Villa, Chelsea, Leeds United and the England national side as a left-back. He is now a football pundit and appears on satellite television channel, Bravo, as part of their Serie A coverage. He signed for Chelsea from Aston Villa for £475,000 and he won the club's player of the year award in his first season, though they were also relegated.
- Robbie Fowler
Robert Bernard 'Robbie' Fowler, born 9 April 1975, and commonly known as "God" by Liverpool F.C. supporters, is a respected English footballer who is currently linked with a move to a number of clubs having been released by Liverpool FC. Fowler's career began with Liverpool, with whom he made his debut in 1993. Fowler scored 120 premiership goals for Liverpool in an eight year period. He subsequently played for Leeds United and Manchester City F.C., …
- Ian Rush
Ian James Rush MBE (born 20 October 1961) is a Welsh footballer who played as a striker and is best known for playing with Liverpool. His attacking partnership with Kenny Dalglish at Liverpool is regarded as being one of the greatest and most successful in the history of English and European football.
- Harry Kewell
Harry Kewell (born September 22,1978 in Smithfield, Sydney), is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Liverpool F.C. in the English Premier League. An exceptional dribbler on the wing also capable of playing as an attacking midfielder and as a second striker, he is often regarded within the media as "Australia's finest football export", despite his career being blighted with injury.
- Brian Deane
Brian Christopher Deane is a former English footballer. Signed for £40,000 from Doncaster Rovers in the close season of 1988, Deane first played and scored for Sheffield United in an 8-1 victory against Skegness Town. His first league goal came in the Third Division in the opening game of the season against Reading but his hero status did not really start until September 17, when both he and Tony Agana hit hat-tricks in a 6-1 victory over Chester City.
- David Batty
David Batty (born December 2, 1968 in Leeds, England) was a professional football (soccer) player who played in a defensive midfield position. He is most famed for playing for Leeds United F.C, as well as being capped for the England national football team.
- Mel Sterland
Mel Sterland is an English former professional football player. Mel Sterland’s career is distinctly in two halves: 10 successful years with Sheffield Wednesday and 4 equally successful years with Leeds United split by 4 months at Rangers. In 1989 Sterland won his only England cap in a friendly against Saudi Arabia.
- Andy Ritchie
Andrew "Andy" Ritchie (born November 28, 1960 in Manchester) is a former English footballer and currently manager of Huddersfield Town.
- Chris Fairclough
Courtney "Chris" Fairclough (born 12 April 1964, Nottingham) is a retired footballer most notable for playing for Nottingham Forest and Leeds United. He also played for Tottenham Hotspur, Bolton Wanderers, Notts County and York City.
- Don Revie
Donald George Revie, OBE, (10 July 1927 - 26 May 1989), was a football player for Leicester City, Hull City, Sunderland, Manchester City and Leeds United as a deep-lying centre forward. After managing Leeds United (1961-1974) with great success, his reign becoming known as Leeds' "Glory Years", he managed England from 1974 until 1977.
- Tomas Brolin
Tomas Brolin (born November 29, 1969 in Hudiksvall) is a former Swedish football player, and was a key member of the Swedish national team that finished third in the 1994 World Cup. He was also a member of the Swedish squad that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
- Lucas Radebe
Lucas Valeriu Radebe (born December 4 1969) is a former Leeds United and South African football player. Radebe was born in the Diepkloof section of Soweto, near Johannesburg, as one of eleven children. When he was 15 years old he was sent to the "bantustan" of Bophuthatswana by his parents in order to keep him away from the violence that was affecting Soweto during the apartheid era. In order to keep himself busy during his stay in Bophuthatswana, …
- Billy Bremner
William 'Billy' John Bremner (born Stirling, Scotland, 9 December 1942; died Doncaster, England, 7 December 1997) was captain of the Leeds United football team of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been voted Leeds United's greatest player of all time and is also a member of both the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame and the English Football Hall of Fame.
- Tony Warner
Anthony Randolph "Tony" Warner (born May 11, 1974 in Liverpool, England) is a Trinidadian goalkeeper currently playing for Norwich City F.C. on loan from Fulham, He moved to Cardiff City from Millwall in July 2004 after five years with Millwall, which he joined from Liverpool. At Liverpool he earned the nickname "Tony Bonus", due to him receiving many win bonuses as a non-playing substitute, without ever playing a senior game for the club.
- Gary McAllister
Gary McAllister MBE (born 25 December, 1964, in Motherwell) is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager. He began his playing career at Motherwell, scoring 8 goals in 70 appearances, until his fine performance in the 1985 Scottish Cup semi-final against Celtic caught the eye of Leicester City manager Gordon Milne. He signed for the English club, along with Motherwell team-mate Ally Mauchlen, for a combined fee of £250,000 in 1985.
- David Harvey
David Harvey (born February 7 1948 in Leeds, England) was for many years the reserve goalkeeper for Leeds United during their glory era of the 1960s and 1970s and yet is more fondly remembered than the man who blocked his path for so long. Born locally to an English mother and Scottish father, Harvey signed professional forms for Leeds as a 17 year old and made his debut later the same year.
- Nigel Martyn
Anthony Nigel Martyn (born August 11 1966 in St Austell, Cornwall) is a former English football goalkeeper who has played more than 500 competitive matches in English football. He most prominently played seven seasons each for Crystal Palace and Leeds United. An injury forced him to retire in 2006, following three seasons for Everton. Martyn made his debut for the England national side in Moscow in 1992, becoming one of the few Cornishmen to play for England.
- Lee Chapman
Lee Chapman (born Lincoln, December 5, 1959) is a former English footballer who scored more than 200 first-team goals as a striker. He is the son of former Lincoln City, Port Vale and Chester striker, Roy Chapman. Chapman is married to the actress Leslie Ash.
- Jermaine Beckford
Jermaine Beckford (born December 9, 1983) is a professional footballer currently playing for Leeds United. Leeds United beat off competition from Crystal Palace (where he had a trial and played for their reserve team), Charlton Athletic, Sunderland, Southampton and Watford to secure his transfer from Wealdstone in March 2006. He had previously been part of the youth set-up at Chelsea before being released and later joining Wealdstone.
- Gary Kelly
Gary Kelly (born 9 July 1974 in Drogheda) is a retired Irish professional footballer who played his whole career for Leeds United. He played as a right back or a right midfielder and made 531 appearances in total for Leeds, being the only player from the non-Revie era at Leeds to join the 500 appearances club.
- Jamie McMaster
Jamie McMaster (born November 29, 1982 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who last played as a attacking midfielder for the Central Coast Mariners in the Australian A-League. McMaster grew up in Gosford, a region on the Central Coast, and played football for Umina United.
- Shaun Derry
Shaun Derry (born 6 December 1977 in Nottingham) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Leeds United. He is one of the fan's favourite at Elland Road. Derry is known for his hard-tackling and aggressive midfield style. Leeds fans used to sing "Derry's Gonna Get Ya" whenever Shaun made a crunching tackle or looked in the mood to do so. However, his hard man image was ruined during the 2005-2006 season when he sported an alice band among locks of long, …
- Eddie Lewis
Edward (Eddie) Lewis (born May 17, 1974, in Cerritos, California) is an American footballer, who currently plays as a left midfielder for Leeds United in England's League One.
- David White
David White (born October 30, 1967 in Manchester) is a former English footballer, best remembered for his eight-year spell at Manchester City. He also played for Leeds and Sheffield United, and was capped once by England. David White began his career at Manchester City, where he was a member of City's "golden generation" that won the FA Youth Cup in 1986 and was expected to bring back the glory days to Maine Road. White made his debut for City's first-team the same year, …
- Danny Mills
Daniel John "Danny" Mills (born May 18 1977 in Norwich, Norfolk) is an English professional footballer, who currently plays for Manchester City. His main position is right-back though he can also play in central defence.
- Alan Thompson
Alan Thompson is a professional footballer currently without a club. He plays in midfield and has been capped once by England (against Sweden in 2004). Thompson previously played for Celtic, joining them in 2000 for £2.75 million from Aston Villa during Martin O'Neill's first season. His other former clubs are Bolton Wanderers and Newcastle United, the latter of which is his hometown club and the team he supported as a boy.
- Jonathan Woodgate
Jonathan Simon Woodgate (born January 22 1980 in Middlesbrough) is an English footballer, who plays as a defender for Premier League side Middlesbrough.