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Radosavljevic, Predrag (Preki)

Apps: 26 | Goals: 4 | Pos: W | Debut: 1992/93

Serbian playmaker who struggled with the physicality of the English game

Radzinski, Tomasz

Apps: 85 | Goals: 26 | Pos: FW | Debut: 2001/02

Pacy striker who was never quite as indispensable as he thought

Rafferty, Bill

Apps: 7 | Goals: 0 | Pos: WH | Debut: 1907/08

Provided defensive cover during the first years of the twentieth century

Raitt, David

Apps: 131 | Goals: 0 | Pos: FB | Debut: 1922/23

Skilful full back who was unable to plug Everton’s 1920s defensive problems

Rankin, Andy

Apps: 104 | Goals: 0 | Pos: GK | Debut: 1963/64

1960s goalkeeper who was a long-term understudy to Gordon West

Rankin, Bruce

Apps: 38 | Goals: 7 | Pos: W | Debut: 1901/02

Scottish winger who supplied the Goodison frontline during the early-twentieth century

Rankin, George

Apps: 39 | Goals: 0 | Pos: FB | Debut: 1950/51

Liverpool Schoolboys defender who failed to make a regular first team berth

Ratcliffe, Kevin

Apps: 489 | Goals: 2 | Pos: CB | Debut: 1979/80

Imperious Welsh international defender and Everton’s most decorated captain

Rawlings, James Sidney Dean ‘Syd’

Apps: 2 | Goals: 0 | Pos: W | Debut: 1945/46

Lower league winger who made a post-war FA Cup cameo with Everton

Rea, Ken

Apps: 51 | Goals: 0 | Pos: WH | Debut: 1956/57

Home grown wing half versed in ‘ordinary’ working life

Reay, Harry

Apps: 2 | Goals: 1 | Pos: W | Debut: 1893/94

Outside right who made a couple of cameo appearances during Goodison’s first years

Rees, Barrie

Apps: 4 | Goals: 2 | Pos: WH | Debut: 1963/64

Young wing half tragically killed in a car crash soon after departing Goodison

Rehn, Stefan

Apps: 2 | Goals: 0 | Pos: MF | Debut: 1989/90

Everton’s first foreign signing whose career blossomed beyond Goodison

Reid, David

Apps: 101 | Goals: 11 | Pos: UT | Debut: 1920/21

1920s utility man who made the unlikely transition from winger to centre half

Reid, Peter

Apps: 229 | Goals: 12 | Pos: MF | Debut: 1982/83

Talismanic midfielder who was one of the driving forces behind Everton’s mid-1980s successes

Rennie, Alex

Apps: 4 | Goals: 0 | Pos: GK | Debut: 1892/93

One of Everton’s reserve custodians during Goodison’s debut campaign

Richardson, Kevin

Apps: 125 | Goals: 20 | Pos: MF | Debut: 1981/82

Versatile midfielder who was an important component of the mid-1980s squad

Rideout, Paul

Apps: 110 | Goals: 40 | Pos: CF | Debut: 1992/93

Experienced centre forward who overcame a shaky start to become an FA Cup hero

Rigby, Arthur

Apps: 44 | Goals: 11 | Pos: FW | Debut: 1929/30

Winger and inside forward whose career traversed one of Goodison’s most dramatic eras

Rigsby, Bert

Apps: 14 | Goals: 5 | Pos: FW | Debut: 1919/20

Inside left whose career was cut short by the First World War

Rimmer, Neil

Apps: 1 | Goals: 0 | Pos: MF | Debut: 1984/85

Homegrown midfielder who enjoyed a lengthy career with Wigan

Rimmer, Stuart

Apps: 3 | Goals: 0 | Pos: CF | Debut: 1981/82

Home grown forward who became Chester City’s record goalscorer

Ring, Tommy

Apps: 27 | Goals: 6 | Pos: W | Debut: 1959/60

Sublime winger whose career was cut short by injury

Ritchie, Harry

Apps: 30 | Goals: 5 | Pos: W | Debut: 1928/29

Scottish international wing wizard of the Dixie Dean era

Roberts

Apps: 1 | Goals: 0 | Pos: CB | Debut: 1888/89

Unknown centre half who made a solitary appearance in Everton’s debut league season

Roberts, James

Apps: 1 | Goals: 0 | Pos: W | Debut: 1914/15

Welsh international winger whose Everton career was limited to a solitary appearance

Robertson, Hope

Apps: 32 | Goals: 1 | Pos: HB | Debut: 1890/91

Half back whose career dovetailed the Anfield and Goodison eras

Robertson, John Tait ‘Jack’

Apps: 31 | Goals: 1 | Pos: LH | Debut: 1897/98

Scottish international left half who was another of Dumbarton’s great sons

Robertson, Tom

Apps: 5 | Goals: 0 | Pos: CB | Debut: 1895/96

Little known about centre half of the mid-1890s

Robinson, Alfred

Apps: 1 | Goals: 0 | Pos: FW | Debut: 1919/20

Inside forward limited to a single Everton outing

Robinson, Billy

Apps: 7 | Goals: 0 | Pos: HB | Debut: 1919/20

Half back who slipped out of league football on leaving Goodison

Robinson, Neil

Apps: 17 | Goals: 1 | Pos: FB | Debut: 1975/76

Free-thinking local defender who followed his own unique path

Robson, Tom

Apps: 29 | Goals: 0 | Pos: HB | Debut: 1929/30

Young half back whose only action came during Everton’s disastrous relegation season

Roche, William

Apps: 1 | Goals: 0 | Pos: W | Debut: 1901/02

Winger who made just a solitary appearance in an Everton shirt

Rodrigo, Juliano

Apps: 0 | Goals: 0 | Pos: MF | Debut: 2002/03

Brazilian midfielder whose Goodison hopes were cut short by serious injury

Rodwell, Jack

Apps: 68 | Goals: 8 | Pos: MF | Debut: 2007/08

Elegant home grown England international midfielder whose potential was dimmed by injury

Rooney, Walter

Apps: 18 | Goals: 0 | Pos: WH | Debut: 1924/25

“Remember the name”… Everton’s first Rooney – a 1920s wing half

Rooney, Wayne

Apps: 48 | Goals: 17 | Pos: FW | Debut: 2002/03

World class prodigy who slipped away amidst financial disarray

Roose, Leigh Richmond ‘Dick’

Apps: 24 | Goals: 0 | Pos: GK | Debut: 1904/05

Illustrious goalkeeper whose form almost inspired Everton to the league title

Ross, Nick

Apps: 19 | Goals: 5 | Pos: FB | Debut: 1888/89

Victorian superstar who captained Everton through their first league campaign

Ross, Trevor

Apps: 146 | Goals: 20 | Pos: MF | Debut: 1977/78

Young midfielder who struggled to live up to his high price tag

Rouse, Fred

Apps: 10 | Goals: 2 | Pos: FW | Debut: 1906/07

Inside forward who went on to earn league representative honours

Rowett, Gary

Apps: 2 | Goals: 0 | Pos: DF | Debut: 1993/94

Defender plucked from obscurity who forged a solid career beyond Goodison

Royle, Joe

Apps: 273 | Goals: 119 | Pos: CF | Debut: 1965/66

Distinguished centre forward who went on to manage Everton to FA Cup success

Ruddy, John

Apps: 0 | Goals: 0 | Pos: GK | Debut: 2005/06

Talented goalkeeper limited to a solitary appearance in five years at Goodison, he subsequently rose to the England team

Russell, John

Apps: 3 | Goals: 0 | Pos: CB | Debut: 1902/03

Reserve centre half at the start of the twentieth century