Jump to content

John Whitbourne (footballer)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Whitbourne
Personal information
Full name John Giles Whitbourne
Date of birth 1885
Place of birth Middlesbrough, England
Date of death 1936 (aged 50–51)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1903–1904 South Bank
1904–1905 Sunderland 3 (0)
1905–1908 Tottenham Hotspur 19 (0)
1908–19?? Leyton
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Giles Whitbourne (1885 – 1936) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur and Leyton.

Career

[edit]

Born in Middlesbrough Whitbourne first represented local club South Bank before moving to Sunderland where he spent the one season for the 1904–1905 campaign.[1] He was mainly in the reserves at Sunderland and was recorded as only player three first team competitive games.[2] Then in May 1905 Whitbourne move to London to play for Tottenham.[3] His first year he played in the reserves as John Eggett was Tottenham's first choice keeper.[3] His debut was in the Western League on 13 November 1905 in a home match against Brentford that Spurs lost 3–2.[4][3] It wasn't until Eggett got injured in September 1906 that Whitbourne had a chance to play. In 1907 Tottenham signed Gordon Manning and Whitbourne went back to playing in the reserves until he was released in 1908.[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Dykes & Lamming 2000.
  2. ^ "John Whitbourne". thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Goodwin 1992, p. 380.
  4. ^ Soar 1995, p. 238.

Works cited

[edit]
  • Soar, Phil (1995). Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882–1995. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.
  • Goodwin, Bob (1992). The Spurs Alphabet. ACL & Polar Publishing (UK) Ltd. ISBN 0-9514862-8-4.
  • Dykes, Garth; Lamming, Doug (2000). All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland AFC. Great Britain. ISBN 9781899538157.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)