- Marlon Harewood
Marlon Harewood (born August 25, 1979) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Aston Villa. He started his career at Nottingham Forest, had a successful spell on loan to FC Haka before joining West Ham United in 2003 and then Aston Villa in 2007.
- Stephen Bywater
Stephen Michael Bywater, (born June 7 1981 in Manchester), is an English football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Derby County.
- Tony Cottee
Anthony Richard "Tony" Cottee is an English former football player. During his career Cottee played for a number of sides, including West Ham United, Everton and Leicester City. A prolific goalscorer especially in his West Ham days, where he was voted the PFA Young Player of the Year in 1986, which encouraged Everton to smash the British transfer record in 1988, paying West Ham £2.2 million for his services.
- Daniel Gabbidon
Daniel Leon "Danny" Gabbidon (born August 8, 1979 in Cwmbran, Wales) is a professional Welsh footballer currently playing for West Ham United and for Wales. He plays at centre half.
- Shaun Newton
Shaun O'Neill Newton (born August 20, 1975 in Camberwell, London) is an English footballer whose favoured position is as an attacking right-sided midfielder who currently plays for Leicester City.
- John Lyall
John Angus Lyall (born 24 February 1940 in Ilford, Essex, died 18 April 2006) was an English footballer and manager of Scottish descent. Lyall was a useful defender for West Ham United until he suffered a knee injury at the age of 23 and never played again. He rose through the coaching ranks at Upton Park to succeed Ron Greenwood as team manager, managing West Ham for 15 years (1974-1989). In 1975, at the end of his first season as manager, …
- Clive Clarke
Clive Richard Luke Clarke (born January 14, 1980 in Dublin) is an Irish professional football player.
- Alvin Martin
Alvin Edward Martin (born July 29 1958 in Bootle) is a retired English footballer who spent most of his career with West Ham United. Martin started out with Merseyside club Everton as a schoolboy, but left in 1973 after the Goodison Park club only offered him an apprenticeship on a part time basis, stating at the time that he "would never kick a ball for them again".
- Steve Jones
Steve Jones is an English former professional footballer. Jones started his footballing career at non-league clubs Basildon United and then Billericay Town. He moved to West Ham United in November 1992 for £22,500, and made his first senior appearance for the East London club in a reserve fixture against Southampton on 17 November 1992. He made his first-team debut away to Cosenza in the Anglo-Italian Cup on 8 December 1992, …
- David Cotterill
David Rhys George Best Cotterill is a Welsh footballer who currently plays as a striker for Wigan Athletic. He had played 57 games and scored 7 goals for Bristol City F.C. before the end of the 2005-06 season. He can also play on the right hand side of midfield. He was voted Bristol City's Young Player of the Season for the 2005/06 season. Cotterill joined Wigan Athletic on a three-year deal for £2 million on 31 August 2006.
- Ted Fenton
Edward Fenton (born November 7 1914 in Forest Gate, London) was manager of English football club West Ham United between 1950 and 1961. He had previously played for the club from 1932 until 1946, having joined from Colchester Town. Mainly as a wing half, but also as a utility player, Fenton made 176 appearances and scored 27 goals in first class games for the Hammers. He also made 201 appearances and scored 44 goals during World War II fixtures.
- Paul Goddard
Paul Goddard (b. 12 October, 1959 in Harlington, Middlesex) is a former professional footballer and football manager. During his playing career, he gained caps for England U21s (scoring five times) and earned a single cap for the full England team against Iceland in June 1982 (scoring once). In his fifteen year career as a centre forward, he played for Queens Park Rangers, West Ham United, Newcastle United, Derby County, Millwall and Ipswich Town, …
- Trevor Morley
Trevor Morley (born March 20 1961 in Nottingham) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Morley played for Northampton Town, having previously seen non-league football with Corby Town and Nuneaton Borough. He joined Manchester City in January 1988 as part of an exchange deal that saw Tony Adcock move to the County Ground.
- Petr Mikolanda
Petr Mikolanda (born September 12, 1984) is a football player from the Czech Republic. He is an under 21 international centre forward who has played for Viktoria Zizkov and English Premiership club West Ham United. Mikolanda arrived at Upton Park having scored 13 goals in the Czech second division in the 2004-05 season for Viktoria Zizkov. He signed for the East London outfit after a successful trial at the beginning of the 2005-06 season, …
- Tim Breacker
Tim Breacker is currently on the first team squad coaching staff at Plymouth Argyle. Tim started his career as an apprentice at Luton Town. He eventually graduated to the first team where he had a long and successful spell accumulating in 210 appearances. From Luton he transferred to West Ham for £600,000. He spent nine years at Upton Park and was the first choice right-back for most of the 1990's again playing over 200 league games.
- Geoff Pike
Geoff Pike (born September 28 1956 in Clapton, London) is an English former footballer who played in midfield. Pike played his early football in Thurrock and later with Gidea Park Rangers. He joined West Ham United in 1975 and was a member of the side that reached the 1975 FA Youth Cup Final. He made his league debut on 6 March 1976 against Birmingham City. He played for the Upton Park club for twelve years, gaining an FA Cup winners medal in 1980, …
- Bryan 'Pop' Robson
Bryan Stanley Robson, better known as Pop Robson (born November 11 1945, Sunderland) was a much travelled footballer, playing for Newcastle United, West Ham, Sunderland, Chelsea and Carlisle as a centre forward. Although diminutive, Pop was one of the most prolific goalscorers of his generation, yet was only ever an England Under-23 International, never managing to earn a full England Cap.
- Bobby Barnes
David Oswald Barnes (born December 17, 1962) is an English professional footballer. He was born in Kingston upon Thames, London and represented England at Youth level. Bobby Barnes, a quick winger, began his career as an apprentice with West Ham United, winning an FA Youth Cup winners medal and 7 England youth international caps in the process.
- Bobby Ferguson
Bobby Ferguson is a Scottish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Ferguson joined East London club West Ham United from Kilmarnock for £65,000 in 1967. He made his Hammers debut against Sheffield Wednesday on August 19 1967, the first game of the 1967-68 season. Despite having to compete for the number one jersey with Peter Grotier and Mervyn Day, Ferguson still managed 276 appearances during his 13 years at West Ham.
- Ernie Gregory
Ernie Gregory (born November 10 1921 in Stratford, London) is an English former footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for West Ham United. Gregory played for West Ham Boys, and was noticed by Charlie Paynter during an English Trophy Final against Preston North End at Upton Park. He joined the groundstaff at West Ham United in 1936. He won an Isthmian League Championship medal with Leytonstone as an amateur, …
- Vic Keeble
Vic Keeble was an English footballer who played as a centre forward for Colchester United, Newcastle United and West Ham United. Keeble was signed by future Hammers manager Ted Fenton for Colchester in 1950, and went on to score 23 goals in 46 appearances for the club. He moved to Newcastle for £15,000 and played for the Tynesiders in the 1955 FA Cup Final. Keeble made 104 appearances for Newcastle, scoring 56 goals.
- Jim Standen
Jim Standen (born May 30 1935 in Edmonton, London) is an English former footballer, playing as goalkeeper, and cricketer. Standen started his footballing career at Arsenal, joining the side in 1953. His appearances at Arsenal were limited, first by National Service and then by the presence of Wales international Jack Kelsey. He finally made his debut for Arsenal against Burnley on 7 December 1957, …
- Tommy Yews
Thomas Peace Yews was an English footballer, playing as a winger. Tommy Yews joined West Ham United from Hartlepool United for a fee of £150 in 1923. Yews played in the high-scoring West Ham team that included Vic Watson, and Jimmy Ruffell on the opposite wing. He made a total of 361 appearances for the Upton Park club, scoring 51 goals. He left West Ham in 1933 and played three games for Clapton Orient before hanging up his boots.
- Jimmy Collins
James Frederick Arthur Collins (born 1903 in Brentford, Middlesex, died May 1977) was an English footballer who played for West Ham United. Collins, nicknamed "Lottie" after a music hall artiste of the era, made his first appearance at Upton Park as captain of East Ham Boys in 1917. He was called up to play for England Schools but missed out on a cap after the game, against Scotland, was cancelled. Playing as a forward, Collins featured for Chelmsford, …
- Eddie Bovington
Eddie Bovington (born April 23 1941 in Edmonton, London) is an English former footballer who played for West Ham United as a wing-half. Bovington played Junior football with West Ham, and was a member of the FA Youth Cup Final team of 1958-59 alongside Bobby Moore, Harry Cripps and Jack Burkett. After signing for the senior team, he made his League debut against Manchester United in 1960. Bovington made 138 League appearances for West Ham, …
- Len Goulden
Leonard Arthur Goulden was an English footballer. Born in Hackney, London, Goulden began his career with Chelmsford City, before moving to Leyton and then West Ham United in 1933. He remained with the Hammers for six years, making over 250 appearances and scoring 55 goals from his inside forward position. He was an ever-present, along with Joe Cockroft, during the 1936-37 season. Goulden also won 14 England caps during his time at Upton Park.
- Charlie Dove
Charles Dove was born in 1879 in East Ham, England. He was regarded as a super-fit footballer, who in 1895 stood at nearly 6 feet and weighed 12 stone, considered large at the time for a sixteen year old from a working-class area of Essex. His main position was defender. He played for many local teams and was a schoolboy player of some repute, winning two medals as a right back with Park School. Upon leaving school he joined Forest Swift Juniors as a centre forward, …
- Eniola Aluko
Eniola Aluko is a footballer, currently playing for Chelsea Ladies. She started her career at Birmingham City Ladies alongside future England team-mate, Karen Carney. She scored on her Birmingham team debut against Leeds United, aged just 14. Eniola was named Young Player of the Year at the Women’s FA Awards in 2003 and since then has grown into a young striker of huge promise. Having come up through the ranks of the U19s and U21s, …
- Phil Woosnam
Phil Woosnam (born December 22 1932 in Caersws, Montgomeryshire) is a Welsh former football (soccer) player and manager. He went on to become commissioner of the North American Soccer League. He played as an inside-right. Woosnam played football with Montgomeryshire Schoolboys and gained youth international honours with Wales. He also gained eight amateur caps, the first against England in 1951.
- Eric Parsons
Eric "The Rabbit" Parsons (born 9 November 1923 in Worthing, England) is a former footballer who played for West Ham United, Chelsea and Brentford. A winger and crowd favourite whose blistering pace earned him the nickname "the Rabbit", Parsons started his career with West Ham United, spotted by the club during a game against West Ham Boys at Upton Park while playing for Worthing Boys. He played his first game for the Irons on 4 January 1947, …
- Albert Walker
Albert Walker (born 4 February 1910 in Little Lever, near Bolton, Lancashire, died April 1993) was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back. After moving from his school team to Little Lever United of the Bolton and District League, Walker signed as an amateur for Southport. He spent little over a year at Haig Avenue before moving to Bolton Wanderers of the First Division.
- Robert Burch
Robert Burch (born 8 October, 1984) is a former England Under-20 international goalkeeper currently playing for Sheffield Wednesday.
- Jimmy Andrews
Jimmy Andrews is a Scottish former footballer who played as a left winger. Andrews was signed by English club West Ham United from Dundee in November 1951 for £4,750. He played his first game for the club on 24 November 1951, against Everton. His final game for West Ham came against Plymouth Argyle on 31 March 1956. He made a total of 120 League and cup appearances for the Upton Park club.
- Bill Robinson
Bill Robinson (born April 4 1919 in Whitburn, Scotland, died October 7 1992) was a professional footballer who played as a centre forward for Sunderland, Charlton Athletic and West Ham United. Robinson played for West Ham between 1949 and 1952. He joined from Charlton - where he had scored 16 goals in 51 appearances and won the FA Cup in 1947 - for £7,000. A week after signing for West Ham, Robinson scored on his debut, …
- Segar Bastard
Segar Richard Bastard (January 25, 1854 – March 20, 1921) was an English amateur football player and referee. Born in Bow, London, Bastard played for the now-defunct Upton Park football club, between 1873 and 1887; he also played for Trojans and Leyton and occasionally guested for Corinthians. Like many of his contemporaries, he was both a player and a referee at the same time, unlike the modern day, where referees are neutrals with no playing connections.
- Ken Bainbridge
Ken Bainbridge (born January 15 1921 in Barking, Essex) was an English footballer who played as a winger. Bainbridge played for West Ham United between 1946 and 1949. He scored on nine seconds in a 2-1 win over Barnsley, the quickest recorded goal at Upton Park, in a Second Division game on August 29 1949. Bainbridge played a total of 83 league and cup games for the East London club, scoring 17 goals. He also recorded six war-time goals.
- Jarvis Kenrick
Jarvis Kenrick was an English association football (soccer) player. Kenrick scored the first ever goal in the FA Cup, for Clapham Rovers in a 3-0 victory over Upton Park on November 11 1871. (Kenrick scored two goals in the match). He later won the FA Cup three years running with Wanderers, scoring in two consecutive finals; the FA Cup Final 1877, and again the following year, in which he scored twice.
- Peter Bennett
Peter Bennett (born June 24 1946 in Hillingdon, Middlesex) is an English former footballer who played as an inside forward. Bennett started as a youth player for West Ham United and played in the FA Youth Cup winning team of 1963. After signing pro forms, he made his league debut on April 4 1964 in a home game against Bolton Wanderers. Bennett went on to make 42 league (3 goals) and 5 cup appearances for the Upton Park club, …
- Claude Buckenham
Claude Percival Buckenham, (born January 16, 1876, at Herne Hill, London, and died February 23, 1937, at Dundee, Scotland), was a cricketer who played for Essex and England. Tall and gangling, and with a toothcomb moustache, Buckenham was a fast bowler and a useful lower order batsman. He played for Essex from 1899 to 1914, but suffered, particularly in his early years, from slipshod fielding which meant he was more expensive than he perhaps deserved.
- Benny Fenton
Benny Fenton (born October 10 1918 in West Ham, London, died 2000) was an English football player and manager. Brother of West Ham United legend Ted Fenton, Benny started playing league football with the East London club as an outside-left before World War II, having represented West Ham, Essex and London as a schoolboy. He played his first senior game for the club against Fulham on 9 October 1937.