List of Halifax R.L.F.C. players

Halifax (known as the Halifax Blue Sox between 1996 and 2002) is an English rugby league club who have had numerous notable players (1,362 as of 31 October 2018) throughout their history, each player of the rugby league era who has played (and so excludes non-playing substitutes) in a competitive first-class match (including those matches that were subsequently abandoned, expunged or re-played, but excluding friendlies) has been allocated a sequential heritage number in order of their appearance by Halifax.

List of players

 * ^¹ = Played For Halifax During More Than One Period
 * ^² = Prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored two points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, and "0²" indicates that drop-goals may not have been recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored. In addition, prior to the 1949–50 season, the Field-goal was also still a valid means of scoring points.
 * ^³ = During the first two seasons of the Northern Union (now known as the Rugby Football League), i.e. the 1895–96 season and 1896–97 season, conversions were worth 2-points, penalty goals 3-points and drop goals 4-points
 * ¢ = player has (potential) links to other rugby league clubs on Wikipedia
 * BBC = BBC2 Floodlit Trophy
 * CC = Challenge Cup
 * CF = Championship Final
 * CM = Captain Morgan Trophy
 * RT = League Cup, i.e. Player's № 6, John Player (Special), Regal Trophy
 * YC = Yorkshire County Cup
 * YL = Yorkshire League

Players earning international caps while at Halifax

 * Alvin Ackerley won caps for England while at Halifax 1952 Other Nationalities (2 matches), Wales, 1953 France (2 matches), Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1952 Australia, 1958 New Zealand
 * Albert Akroyd won caps for England while at Halifax 1921 Wales
 * Asa Amone won caps for Tonga while at Halifax 1995 ?-caps
 * Albert Atkinson won caps for England while at Halifax 1930 Other Nationalities
 * Simon Baldwin won caps for England while at Halifax 1995 Wales (sub), France
 * Ike Bartle won caps for England while at Halifax 1906 Other Nationalities
 * Arthur Bassett won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1939...1946 3-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1946 against Australia (2 matches)
 * David Bates won caps for Ireland while at Gateshead Thunder, Halifax and York City Knights 2003...2006 3-caps + 3-caps (sub)
 * Jack Beames won a cap for Other Nationalities while at Halifax, won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1914...1921 2-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1921 against Australia (2 matches)
 * Nat Bentham won caps for England while at Wigan Highfield 1928 Wales (2 matches), while at Halifax: 1929 Other Nationalities, while at Warrington 1930 Other Nationalities(2 matches), and won caps for Great Britain while at Wigan Highfield 1928 Australia (3 matches), New Zealand (3 matches), while at Halifax: 1929–30 Australia (2 matches), while at Warrington: Australia (2 matches)
 * John Bentley won caps for England while at Halifax 1995 France, Australia, Fiji, South Africa, 1996 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Leeds 1992 France, Halifax 1994 France
 * Dai Royston Bevan won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax ?-caps
 * Harry Beverley won caps for England while at Hunslet 1935 Wales, 1936 France, 1937 France, 1938 Wales, France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet 1936 Australia (3 matches), 1937 Australia, Halifax 1937 Australia (2 matches)
 * Anthony Blackwood won caps for Wales while at Halifax, and Celtic Crusaders 2005...present 7(6?)-caps 3-tries 12-points
 * Billy Bulmer won caps for England while at Halifax 1904 Other Nationalities
 * Oliver Burgham won caps for Wales while at Ebbw Vale in 1908 against New Zealand, and England, and won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1911 against Australia
 * Phil Cantillon won caps for and captained ‘’Ireland’’ while at Halifax 2003-2006
 * Gavin Clinch won caps for Ireland while at Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants, and Halifax 2000...2001 1-cap + 1-cap (sub)
 * Mike Condon won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1952...1953 3-caps
 * Terry Cook won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1951...1953 4-caps
 * Arthur Daniels won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1949...1953 13-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1952...1955 3-caps
 * Ivor Davies? won caps for Wales while at Halifax, and represented Great Britain (tour-matches) while at Halifax
 * Will Davies, Will T. Davies won caps for Wales while at Batley and Halifax 1909...1912 4-caps, and won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1911 against Australia
 * Ken Dean won caps for England while at Halifax 1951 Other Nationalities, 1952 Other Nationalities
 * Colin Dixon won caps for Wales while at Halifax, Salford and Hull Kingston Rovers 1963...1981 (11?) 16-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax, Salford and Hull Kingston Rovers 1968...1981 14-caps


 * Percy Eccles won caps for England while at Halifax 1908 New Zealand, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1908 New Zealand
 * Arthur 'Candy' Evans won caps for Wales while at Halifax, Leeds, Castleford, and Warrington 1928...1933 4-caps
 * Fred Firth, won caps for England (RU) while at Halifax in 1894 against Wales, Ireland, and Scotland
 * Ben Fisher won caps for Scotland while at Halifax, and Hull Kingston Rovers 2005...present 6-caps + 1-cap (sub)
 * Terry Fogerty represented Commonwealth XIII while at Halifax in 1965 against New Zealand at Crystal Palace National Recreation Centre, London on Wednesday 18 August 1965, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1966 against New Zealand, while at Wigan in 1967 against France, and while at Rochdale in 1974 against France
 * Damian Gibson won caps for Wales while at Halifax, Salford, and Castleford (1996?)1999...present 16(15, 18?)-caps + 2-caps (sub) 8-tries 32-points
 * Tony Halmshaw won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1971 against New Zealand
 * Karl Harrison won caps for England while at Halifax 1995 Wales, Australia (2 matches), South Africa, Wales, 1996 France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Hull F.C. 1990 Australia (3 matches), while at Halifax 1991 Papua New Guinea, 1992 Australia (sub) (2 matches), New Zealand, New Zealand (sub), 1993 France, New Zealand (2 matches), 1994 Australia (3 matches)
 * James "Jimmy" Hilton won caps for England while at Halifax 1908 Wales, 1912 Wales
 * Hudson Irving won caps for England while at Halifax 1938 Wales, 1940 Wales, 1941 Wales, 1943 Wales
 * Michael Jackson won caps for Great Britain while at Wakefield Trinity 1991 Papua New Guinea, 1992 France, Australia (sub), New Zealand (sub), while at Halifax 1993 New Zealand (sub) (2 matches)
 * Walter Jesse Jackson, won caps for England (RU) while at Halifax in 1894 against Scotland
 * Neil James won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1986 against France
 * David Jones won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1968...1969 2-caps
 * Phil Joseph won caps for Wales while at Hull Kingston Rovers and Halifax 2005...2007 7(6?)-caps 1-try 4-points
 * Martin Ketteridge won caps for Scotland while at Halifax 1996 3-caps + 1-cap (sub)
 * Stanley "Stan" Kielty won caps for England while at Halifax 1953 Wales, France, Other Nationalities
 * George Langhorn won caps for England while at Halifax 1905 Other Nationalities
 * Jason Lee won caps for Wales while at Warrington, Keighley and Halifax 1994...2001 5-caps + 2-caps (sub) 2-tries 8-points
 * William "Billy" B. Little won caps for England while at Halifax 1904 Other Nationalities
 * "Bobby"/"Robbie" Lloyd won 7-caps for Wales (RU) while at Pontypool RFC, won a cap for Wales (RL) while at Halifax in 1921, and won a cap for Great Britain (RL) while at Halifax in 1920 against Australia
 * Tommy Lynch won caps for Other Nationalities while at Halifax (4-caps).


 * Melvyn "Mel" Meek won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1935...1949 14-caps
 * Alf Milnes won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1920 against Australia (2 matches)
 * Paul Moriarty won caps for Wales while at Widnes, Halifax, South Wales, and unattached 1991...2000 15(14?)-caps + 1-cap (sub)
 * Chris Morley won caps for Wales while at St. Helens in 1996 against France (sub), and England, while at Salford in 1999 against Ireland and Scotland, while at Sheffield Eagles in 2000 against South Africa (sub), while at Leigh in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup against Lebanon (sub), New Zealand, Papua New Guinea (sub), and Australia, while at Oldham in 2001 against England, while at Halifax in 2003 against Russia, and Australia, while at Swinton in 2006 against Scotland, 1996...2006 13(14?)-caps + 4-caps (sub) 1(2?)-try 4(8?)-points
 * Johnny Morley won caps for England while at Halifax 1904 Other Nationalities
 * Walter Morton won caps for England while at Halifax 1905 Other Nationalities
 * Andrew Murdison won cap(s) for Other Nationalities while at Halifax
 * Garfield Owen a won cap for Wales while at Halifax 1959 1-cap
 * Sean Penkywicz won caps for Wales while at Halifax 2007...present 1-cap + 3-caps (sub) 1-try 4-points
 * Mark Perrett won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1994...1996(1995?) 9(7?)-caps
 * Daio Powell won caps for Wales while at Halifax?/Bradford Northern? 1994(...1998?) 1(4?)-caps + 2-caps (sub) 2-tries 8-points
 * Stuart Prosser won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1914 against Australia
 * Dai Rees won a cap for Other Nationalities while at Halifax, won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1921...32 6-caps, and won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1926 against New Zealand
 * Charlie Renilson won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1965 New Zealand, 1967 Australia (sub), 1968 France (2 matches), Australia, France, New Zealand, France (World Cup 1968 3-caps)
 * Jack Riley won caps for England while at Halifax 1904 Other Nationalities
 * Joe Riley won caps for England while at Halifax 1910 Wales, 1911 Australia, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1910 Australia
 * Ken Roberts won caps for Great Britain whilst at Halifax 1963 Australia, 1964 against France (2 matches), in 1965 against France, and New Zealand (3 matches), and in 1966 against France, and New Zealand (2 matches)
 * Mark Roberts won a cap for Wales while at Halifax 2007 1-cap
 * Asa Robinson won caps for England while at Halifax 1908 Wales (2 matches), New Zealand, 1909 Australia (3 matches), and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1908 New Zealand, 1908–09 Australia (2 matches)
 * Paul Rowley won caps for England while at Halifax 1996 France (sub), 2000 Australia, Russia, Ireland


 * Derrick Schofield won caps for England while at Rochdale Hornets 1952 Wales, 1953 France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1955 New Zealand
 * John Schuster won caps for Western Samoa while at Halifax 1995 ?-caps
 * S. John "Joby" Shaw won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1960 France, Australia, France, 1961 France, 1962 New Zealand (World Cup 1960 2-caps)
 * Matthew Silva won a cap for Wales while at Halifax 1991 1-cap
 * George Slicker won a cap for Ireland while at Halifax 1995 1-cap + 1-cap (sub)
 * Herbert Smith won caps for England while at Halifax 1927 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Bradford 1926–27 New Zealand (2 matches)
 * Cyril Stacey won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1920 against New Zealand
 * Dai Thomas won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1908, against England in 1908 3-caps
 * George Thomson, won caps for England (RU) while at Halifax in 1878 against Scotland, in 1882 against Ireland, Scotland and Wales, in 1883 against Ireland, and Scotland, in 1884 against Ireland and Scotland, and in 1885 against Ireland
 * John Thorley won caps for Other Nationalities while at Halifax circa-1952...60 2-caps, won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1953...1959 (2?)3-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, France, New Zealand, and France, and also represented Great Britain while at Halifax between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match)
 * Frank Todd won caps for England while at Halifax 1921 Australia, 1923 Wales, 1924 Other Nationalities
 * Ernest Ward won caps for England while at Halifax 1909 Australia
 * Les White won caps for England while at York 1946 France (2 matches), Wales (2 matches), 1947 France (2 matches), Wales, while at Wigan 1947 Wales, 1948 France, while at Halifax 1951 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at York 1946 Australia (3 matches), New Zealand, while at Wigan 1947 New Zealand (2 matches)
 * Jack Wilkinson won caps for England while at Halifax 1953 Other Nationalities, 1955 Other Nationalities, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax 1954 Australia, New Zealand (2 matches), 1955 New Zealand (3 matches), Wakefield Trinity 1959 Australia, 1960 France (2 matches), New Zealand, France, Australia, 1962 New Zealand (World Cup 1960 3-caps, 1-try)
 * Harry Wilkinson, won a cap for England (RU) while at Halifax in 1889 against New Zealand Natives
 * Frank Williams won a cap for Wales while at Halifax in 1914, and won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1914 against Australia (2 matches)
 * William Williams won caps for Wales while at Halifax 1908...10 4-caps
 * David Willicombe won caps for Wales while at Halifax in 1970 against England, while at Wigan in 1975 against France, and England, in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against France, England, Australia, New Zealand, New Zealand and France, and in 1978 against France, England and Australia, and won caps for Great Britain while at Wigan in 1974 against France (2 matches), and New Zealand
 * Albert Wood, won a cap for England (RU) while at Halifax in 1884 against Ireland

Halifax RLFC Hall of Fame

 * George Thomson Forward 1875–85
 * Jimmy Dodd Centre 1876–93
 * Archie Rigg Half-Back 1891–1915
 * George Langhorn Forward 1897–1913;
 * Joe Riley Centre 1901–15
 * Billy Little Full-Back 1901–10
 * Asa Robinson Forward 1904–23
 * Jack Beames Forward 1913–22
 * Cyril Stacey Three-Quarter 1915–29
 * Frank Todd Stand-off 1916–28
 * Dai Rees Forward 1921–32
 * Hudson Irving Forward 1933–47
 * Hubert Lockwood Full-Back 1934–46 Rugby League XIII 1942
 * Charles Smith Centre 1936–48
 * Harry Beverley Loose forward 1937–41
 * Arthur Bassett Winger 1939–48
 * Arthur Daniels Winger 1945–57
 * Stan Kielty Scrum-Half 1946–58 (Testimonial match 1955)
 * Ken Dean Stand-off 1948–60 (Testimonial match 1958)
 * Jack Wilkinson Prop 1948–59 (Testimonial match 1958)
 * Alvin Ackerley Hooker 1948–58
 * Albert Fearnley Second Row 1950–56
 * Tommy Lynch Centre 1951–56 (Testimonial match 1956)
 * John Thorley Prop 1952–60
 * John Burnett Centre 1953–67
 * Johnny Freeman Winger 1954–67 (Testimonial match 1967)
 * Alan Kellett Scrum-Half 1954
 * Garfield Owen Full-Back 1956–61
 * Charlie Renilson Loose forward 1957–69 (Testimonial match 1968)
 * Jack Scroby Prop 1959–70 (Testimonial match 1969)
 * Terry Fogerty Second Row 1961–73
 * Ronnie James Full-Back 1961–72 (Testimonial match 1971)
 * Colin Dixon Centre 1961–68
 * Ken Roberts Prop 1963–67
 * Gordon Baker Scrum-Half 1964–82 (Testimonial match 1975)
 * Mick Scott Second Row 1974–91 (1987 Challenge Cup Winner)
 * Chris Anderson Stand-off 1984–87
 * John A Martin Second-Row 1967–1980 (Testimonial match 1978)
 * Steve Smith Full Back 1982-92
 * John Bentley Winger 1992-98
 * Steve Tyrer Centre 2012-20
 * Scott Murrell Stand Off 2013-20

Other notable players
These players have either; played in a Challenge Cup, Rugby Football League Championship, Yorkshire County Cup, or Yorkshire League Final, played during Super League (Super League I (1996)) -to- Super League VIII (2003), have received a Testimonial match, were international representatives before, or after, their time at Halifax, or are notable outside of rugby league.


 * Makali Aizue
 * F. T. "Hefty" Adams
 * Paul Anderson
 * Stuart Arundel
 * Albert Atkinson
 * Damian Ball
 * Stephen Bannister
 * Benjamin "Ben" Beevers
 * Martin Bella
 * Bob Beswick
 * Jamie Bloem
 * Fred Bone
 * Joseph Bonnar
 * David Bouveng
 * Gwilym Bowen
 * Dominic Brambani
 * Luke Branighan
 * Paul Broadbent
 * Andrew Brocklehurst
 * Mike Brown
 * Peter Brown
 * David "Dave" Busfield
 * David "Dave" Callon
 * Phil Cantillon
 * Chris Chester
 * Des Clarkson
 * Ryan Clayton
 * Colin Clifft
 * John Clough
 * Jack P. Clowes
 * Isaac Cole
 * Ged Corcoran
 * Shirley Crabtree, Sr
 * Phil Cantillon
 * John Dalgreen
 * Trevor Denton
 * Paul Dixon
 * Dane Dorahy
 * John Dorahy
 * Hugh Duffy
 * Andrew Dunemann
 * Graham Eadie
 * Rod Eastwood
 * Abi Ekoku
 * Mark Elia
 * St. John Ellis
 * Anthony Farrell
 * Liam Finn
 * Lee Finnerty
 * Mark Flanagan
 * Jason Flowers
 * Adam Fogerty
 * Norman Foster
 * Frank Fox
 * Andrew Frew
 * Jim Gannon
 * Stanley Gene
 * Wilfred "Wilf" George
 * Damian Gibson
 * Mark Gleeson
 * Marvin Golden
 * Lee Greenwood
 * Tommy Grey
 * Oswald Griffiths
 * Tyssul Griffiths
 * Scott Grix
 * Simon Grix
 * Michael Hagan
 * James Haley
 * Martin Hall
 * Graeme Hallas
 * Danny Halliwell
 * Colum Halpenny
 * Karle Hammond
 * Paul Harkin
 * Neil Harmon
 * Phil Hassan
 * Roy Hawksley
 * John Henderson
 * Aaron Heremaia
 * Alfred Higgs
 * Paul Highton
 * Joe Hirst
 * David Hodgson
 * Stephen Holgate
 * Les Holliday
 * Graham Holroyd
 * Adam Hughes
 * Duncan Jackson
 * Francis Jarvis
 * Danny Jones
 * Brian Juliff
 * Alan Kellett
 * Andrew Kirk
 * Simon Knox
 * Craig Kopczak
 * Dave Larder
 * Dean Lawford
 * Alan Marchant
 * Richard Marshall
 * William "Billy" Mather
 * Seamus McCallion
 * Ryan McDonald
 * Shayne McMenemy
 * Dominic Maloney
 * Christopher Maye
 * Gary Mercer
 * Jim Mills
 * Lee Milner
 * Martin Moana
 * Kevin Moore
 * Gilbert Morgan
 * Damian Munro
 * Keith Neller
 * George Nēpia
 * Tawera Nikau
 * Harold Palin
 * Leslie "Les" Pearce
 * Martin Pearson
 * John Pendlebury
 * Joel Penny
 * Wyn Phillips
 * Billy Pratt
 * Michael Ratu
 * Paddy Reid
 * Rob Roberts
 * Barry Robinson
 * Geoff Robinson
 * Paul Round
 * Shad Royston
 * Fred Rule
 * Derek Schofield
 * Mick Scott
 * Anthony Seuseu
 * Rikki Sheriffe
 * Andy Smith
 * Richard Smith
 * Steve Smith
 * Roy Southernwood
 * Brian Sparks
 * Andy Speak
 * Marcus St Hilaire
 * Dan Stains
 * Gary Stephens
 * Said Tamghart
 * Jamie Thackray
 * Danny Tickle
 * Fred Tottey
 * Ken Traill
 * Aaron Trinder
 * Freddie Tuilagi
 * Mike Umaga
 * Frank Watene
 * Dave Watson
 * Paul White
 * Colin Whitfield
 * Lionel Williamson
 * Scott Wilson
 * Rob Worrincy
 * David Wrench