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)
1941 → West Ham United (guest) 1 (0)
1941–1942 → Liverpool (guest) 9 (0)
1942 → Watford (guest) 1 (0)
→ Chelsea (guest)
1942–1946 → Brentford (guest) 65 (0)
1945 → Plymouth Argyle (guest) 1 (0)
1948–1950 Huddersfield Town 43 (0)
1950–1951 Crystal Palace 35 (1)
1951–1955 Cambridge United
International career
England Schoolboys
Managerial career
1951–1955 Cambridge United (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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][6] Whittaker later played for and managed Eastern Counties League club Cambridge United.[7]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Charlton Athletic 1946–47[8] First Division 9 0 1 0 10 0
1947–48[8] 11 0 0 0 11 0
1948–49[8] 8 0 ― 8 0
Total 28 0 1 0 29 0
Brentford (guest) 1945–46[5] ― 4 0 4 0
Huddersfield Town 1948–49[9] First Division 27 0 4 0 31 0
1949–50[9] 16 0 0 0 16 0
Total 43 0 4 0 47 0
Career total 71 0 9 0 80 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 978-0955728105.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  1. 1 2 3 "Bill Whittaker". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bill Whittaker". Greens on Screen Database. 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. 1 2 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 377–378. ISBN 0951526200.
  6. ↑ "Seasons - 1940/41 to 1949/50" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2017. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Bill Whittaker". League Managers Association. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 Bill Whittaker at WorldFootball.net
  9. 1 2 "Players – Player Profile". Huddersfield Town AFC Archive. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  10. ↑ Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). pp. 129–130. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.


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