Bill Whittaker (footballer)

William Paul Whittaker (20 December 1922 – 30 August 1977) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Charlton Athletic, Huddersfield Town and Crystal Palace as a wing half.[1] He guested for eight additional clubs during the Second World War.[2][3][4][5] Whittaker later played for and managed Eastern Counties League club Cambridge United.[6]

Bill Whittaker
Personal information
Full name William Paul Whittaker[1]
Date of birth (1922-12-20)20 December 1922
Place of birth Charlton, England
Date of death 30 August 1977(1977-08-30) (aged 54)[1]
Place of death Greenwich, England
Position(s) Wing half
Youth career
Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1940–1948 Charlton Athletic 28 (0)
Clapton Orient (guest)
Fulham (guest)
1941West Ham United (guest) 1 (0)
1941–1942Liverpool (guest) 9 (0)
Watford (guest)
Chelsea (guest)
1942–1946Brentford (guest) 65 (0)
1945Plymouth Argyle (guest) 1 (0)
1948–1950 Huddersfield Town 43 (0)
1950–1951 Crystal Palace 35 (1)
1951–1955 Cambridge United
National team
England Schoolboys
Teams managed
1951–1955 Cambridge United (player-manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford (guest) 1945–46[5] 4 0 4 0
Huddersfield Town 1948–49[7] First Division 27 0 4 0 31 0
1949–50[7] 16 0 0 0 16 0
Total 43 0 4 0 47 0
Career total 43 0 8 0 51 0

Honours

Charlton Athletic

References

  • Ian Thomas, Owen Thomas, Alan Hodgson, John Ward (2007). 99 Years and Counting: Stats and Stories. Huddersfield Town A.F.C. ISBN 095572810X.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  1. "Bill Whittaker". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. "Greens on Screen Database". www.greensonscreen.co.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  3. "Bill [ww 2] Whittaker". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  4. "Bill Whittaker". 11v11.com. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  5. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 377–378. ISBN 0951526200.
  6. "Bill Whittaker". League Managers Association. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  7. "Players – Player Profile". Huddersfield Town AFC Archive. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  8. Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). pp. 129–130. Retrieved 29 July 2020.


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