| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Bloor[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 March 1943[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent, England[1] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1978 | Stoke City | 388 | (17) |
| 1967 | → Cleveland Stokers (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 1978 | Port Vale | 6 | (1) |
| Total | 405 | (19) | |
| International career | |||
| England Youth | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1979 | Port Vale | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alan Bloor (born 16 March 1943) is an English former professional footballer and manager. He made 394 league appearances in the Football League for both Potteries teams.
He spent eighteen years as a centre-half at Stoke City between 1960 and 1978, helping them to lift the League Cup in 1972, before spending a brief association with Port Vale as a player and manager between 1978 and 1979. He also briefly played for American club Cleveland Stokers in 1967. He is fifth in Stoke's all-time appearances list and was nicknamed "Bluto" by the club's supporters.[3]
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
kentwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Rollin, Jack (1980). Rothmans football yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 299. ISBN 0362020175. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ Matthews, Tony (18 December 2008). The Legends of Stoke City. Derby, United Kingdom: Breedon Books. pp. 30–1. ISBN 978-1-85983-653-8.