Norman Whitfield (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Norman Whitfield[1] | ||
Date of birth | 3 April 1896 | ||
Place of birth | West Wylam, England | ||
Date of death | 14 November 1962[2] | (aged 66)||
Place of death | Leicester, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Inside left | ||
Youth career | |||
Prudhoe Celtic Juniors | |||
Jarrow Croft | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1913–1920 | Leicester City | 24 | (6) |
1920–1922 | Hednesford Town | 68 | (66) |
1922–1927 | Chesterfield | 120 | (60) |
Worcester City | |||
1928–1930 | Nuneaton Town | (47) | |
Hinckley United | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Norman Whitfield (3 April 1896 – 14 November 1962) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside left in the Football League for Chesterfield and Leicester City.[1][2][4] He later captained Nuneaton Town in non-League football.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Whitfield served as a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War and was wounded during the course of his service.[6][7]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Leicester City | 1913–14[8] | Second Division | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
1914–15[8] | Second Division | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | |
1919–20[8] | Second Division | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
Total | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6 | ||
Hednesford Town | 1920–21[4] | Birmingham and District League | 34 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 27 |
1921–22[4] | Birmingham and District League | 34 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 39 | |
Total | 68 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 66 | ||
Chesterfield | 1922–23[9] | Third Division North | 33 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 15 |
1923–24[10] | Third Division North | 34 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 20 | |
1924–25[11] | Third Division North | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | |
1925–26[12] | Third Division North | 31 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 19 | |
1926–27[13] | Third Division North | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
Total | 120 | 60 | 11 | 6 | 131 | 66 | ||
Career total | 212 | 132 | 11 | 6 | 223 | 138 |
Honours
[edit]Nuneaton Town
- Tamworth Charity Cup: 1928–29, 1929–30[14][15]
- Nuneaton Hospitals Cup: 1928–29[14]
- Nuneaton Charity Cup: 1928–29, 1929–30[14][15]
- Chapel End Nursing Cup: 1929–30[15]
- Atherstone Nursing Cup: 1929–30[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 14. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "Chesterfield FC: Football League & National League players, 1921 to date". Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Optimists of the North. Chesterfield". Athletic News. Manchester. 6 August 1923. p. 6.
- ^ a b c "No. 34 Norman Whitfield" (PDF). Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ Nuneaton Town 1919–1937 Part 2 2015, p. 34.
- ^ "Norman Whitfield – Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ "Leicester Fosse And The First World War: Part 22". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ a b c "Norman Whitfield | Leicester City career stats". FoxesHistory. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "Line-ups – Chesterfield FC, 1919 to date: 1922-23". Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ "Line-ups – Chesterfield FC, 1919 to date: 1923-24". Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ "Line-ups – Chesterfield FC, 1919 to date: 1924-25". Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ "Line-ups – Chesterfield FC, 1919 to date: 1925-26". Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ "Line-ups – Chesterfield FC, 1919 to date: 1926-27". Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Nuneaton Town 1919–1937 Part 1" (PDF). Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative. 2015. p. 253. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Nuneaton Town 1919–1937 Part 2" (PDF). Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative. 2015. p. 25. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
Categories:
- 1896 births
- People from Prudhoe
- Footballers from Northumberland
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football inside forwards
- English Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- 1962 deaths
- Royal Garrison Artillery soldiers
- Jarrow F.C. players
- Leicester City F.C. players
- Hednesford Town F.C. players
- Chesterfield F.C. players
- Nuneaton Town F.C. players
- Hinckley United F.C. players
- Newcastle United F.C. wartime guest players
- Military personnel from Northumberland
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football forward, 1890s birth stubs