| CURLE | Keith ..... , former England defender and current Carlisle manager (5) |
| NESTA | Alessandro ..... , former Milan and Italy defender, and current Frosinone manager (5) |
| MASON | Keith ..... , former Huddersfield Giants prop (5) |
| MOON | Keith, former drummer with rock group The Who (4) |
| YOUNG | Luke ..... , former England defender whose clubs included QPR, Aston Villa and Charlton Athletic (5) |
| KEOWN | Martin ....., former England defender now a BBC football pundit (5) |
| ANGUS | MacDonald, defender and captain of Championship club Barnsley (5) |
| PRYOR | Bombers defender and 1974 VFLPA founder, Geoff ... (5) |
| ADAMS | Arsenal and England defender who managed Wycombe Wanderers and Portsmouth (5) |
| ALVIN | Martin, West Ham United, Leyton Orient and England defender (5) |
| BOULD | Stoke City, Arsenal, Sunderland and England defender (5) |
| EMLYN | . ..... Hughes, Liverpool, Wolves and England defender or midfielder (5) |
| JAMES | Chelsea and England defender (5) |
| REECE | Chelsea and England defender (5) |
| SODOM | City fired defenders and outsize back |
| DARBY | Stephen ___, 2012-2017 Bradford City defender married to 2007-2021 England defender Steph Houghton (5) |
| MILLS | Mick ..... , 1972-82 England defender (5) |
| WESBROWN | Former England defender who played for Manchester United from 1996-2011 (3,5) |
| MCNAB | Bob ___, Arsenal and England defender who had a cameo role in the 1973 On The Buses episode 'The Football Match' |
| HOWEY | Steve ..... , England defender who was signed by Man City from Newcastle in 2000 (5) |