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Mark White (footballer, born 1958)

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Mark White
Personal information
Full name Mark Ivan White [1]
Date of birth (1958-10-26) 26 October 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Sheffield United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1988 Reading 278 (11)
Total 278 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Ivan White (born 26 October 1958) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back.

Career

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Born in Sheffield, White played for Sheffield United and Reading.[3]

Between March and August 1979, White was one of the Reading back five that kept a clean sheet for 1,103 minutes – a record that stood until broken by Manchester United.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Mark White". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  4. ^ The Little Book of Reading FC, Alan Sedunary