Jimmy Whitehead

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Jimmy Whitehead

|image =

|caption =

|fullname = James Whitehead

|birth_date = 1870

|birth_place = Church, Lancashire, England

|death_date = {{death year and age|1929|1870}}

|height =

|position = Inside right

|youthyears1 =

|youthclubs1 =

|years1 =

|clubs1 = Peel Bank Rovers

|caps1 =

|goals1 =

|years2 = 1890–1892

|clubs2 = Accrington

|caps2 = 73

|goals2 = 23

|years3 = 1892–1897

|clubs3 = Blackburn Rovers

|caps3 = 86

|goals3 = 22

|years4 = 1897–1898

|clubs4 = Manchester City

|caps4 = 24

|goals4 = 7

|years5 =

|clubs5 = Accrington Stanley

|caps5 =

|goals5 =

|totalcaps = 183

|totalgoals = 52

|nationalyears1 = 1893–1894

|nationalteam1 = England

|nationalcaps1 = 2

|nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

James W. Whitehead (1870–1929) was an English footballer who played at both professional and international levels as an inside right.

Career

Born in Church, Lancashire, Whitehead played in the Football League for Accrington, Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City.{{cite book |last1=Joyce |first1=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |year=2004 |publisher=Tony Brown |location=Nottingham |isbn=1899468676 |page=278}} He also earned two caps for the England national side between 1893 and 1894.{{Englandstats|ref=y}}

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