Jack Whitley
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jack Whitley
| image =
| birth_place = Seacombe, England
| death_place = London, England
| position = Goalkeeper
| years1 = | clubs1 = Liscard YMCA | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1899–1900 | clubs2 = Darwen | caps2 = 14 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1900–1901 | clubs3 = Aston Villa | caps3 = 11 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1902–1904 | clubs4 = Everton | caps4 = 11 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1904–1906 | clubs5 = Stoke | caps5 = 36 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1906–1907 | clubs6 = Leeds City | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 1907 | clubs7 = Lincoln City | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 1907–1914 | clubs8 = Chelsea | caps8 = 127 | goals8 = 0
| totalcaps = 206 | totalgoals = 0
}}
Jack Whitley (1880–1955) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Chelsea, Darwen, Everton, Lincoln City, Leeds City and Stoke.{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}
Career
Whitley was born in Seacombe, Cheshire, and played amateur football with Liscard YMCA before joining Football League side Darwen in 1899. He played 14 times for Darwen in the Second Division as they lost their Football League status and so he joined Aston Villa for £50. He managed eleven appearances for Villa before signing for Everton where he played second fiddle to George Kitchen. He joined Stoke in 1904 and played in 34 matches during the 1904–05 season before losing his place to Leigh Richmond Roose. He then moved on to Leeds City and Lincoln City before finally finding regular football with Chelsea.
Legacy
Following his death in 1955, Whitley was buried in an unmarked grave at Brompton Cemetery, next to Chelsea's Stamford Bridge ground, the only Chelsea player known to be buried there. In 2017, the Chelsea Supporters Trust launched an appeal to fund the cost of a gravestone.{{cite news|title=Chelsea goalkeeper Jack Whitley: Appeal for gravestone launched|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-39232048|accessdate=11 March 2017|work=BBC News|date=11 March 2017}}
Career statistics
Source:{{ENFA}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Darwen
|14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Aston Villa
|3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1901–02
|First Division |8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Everton
|First Division |8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1903–04
|First Division |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Stoke
|First Division |32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| 1905–06
|First Division |4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Leeds City
|Second Division |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1906–07
|Second Division |4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| rowspan="8"|Chelsea{{cite web|title=Jack Whitley|url=http://stamford-bridge.com/player.php?id=582&surname=Whitley&firstname=Jack|work=stamford-bridge.com|accessdate=17 May 2012}}
|First Division |23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 1908–09
|First Division |36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
| 1909–10
|First Division |35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
| 1910–11
|Second Division |1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1911–12
|Second Division |26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 1912–13
|First Division |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1913–14
|First Division |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!127 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 138 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career Total
!206 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 222 | 0 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.mightyleeds.co.uk/players/whitleyjack.htm Jack Whitley Leeds City profile] at mightyleeds.co.uk
- [http://stamford-bridge.com/player.php?id=582&surname=Whitley&firstname=Jack Jack Whitley Chelsea player profile] at stamford-bridge.com
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Aston Villa F.C. players
Category:Darwen F.C. (1870) players
Category:Leeds City F.C. players
Category:Lincoln City F.C. players
Category:Stoke City F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Footballers from Wallasey