Bobby Whitehead

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Bobby Whitehead
Personal information
Full name Robert Whitehead [1]
Date of birth (1936-09-22) 22 September 1936 (age 86) [2]
Place of birth Ashington, Northumberland, [2] England
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Fatfield Athletic
1954–1960 Newcastle United 20 (0)
1960–1962 → Cambridge City
1962–1964 Darlington 53 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Whitehead (born 22 September 1936), known as Bob or Bobby Whitehead, is an English former footballer who made 73 appearances in the Football League playing as a right back for Newcastle United and Darlington in the 1950s and 1960s. He also played in the Southern League for Cambridge City. [1]

Football career

Whitehead was born in Ashington, Northumberland, [2] and played for local club Fatfield Athletic before turning professional with Newcastle United in December 1954. [1] He made his first-team debut on 28 September 1957 in the First Division match against Burnley, during an influenza epidemic, and played twice more in December 1958. [3] [4] He had a run of games at the end of the 1958–59 season and the start of the next, but his 20th appearance, on 26 December 1959 in a draw with Chelsea, was his last senior match for the club. [3]

He spent time with Southern League club Cambridge City, before returning to the Football League with Darlington of the Fourth Division in 1962. [1] He quickly established himself in the first team, partnering the long-serving Brian Henderson at full back. On 4 January 1964, he was making his 53rd league appearance for the club, at home to Stockport County, when he was stretchered off the field with a broken leg. Within minutes, the same thing happened to Henderson. Neither man played professionally again. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 576. ISBN   978-1-85291-585-8.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bobby Whitehead". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Player details: Robert Whitehead". Toon1892. Kenneth Scott. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Four League matches postponed because of influenza". Manchester Guardian. 28 September 1957. p. 6.
  5. ↑ Amos, Mike (8 November 2001). "Tough-tackling Henderson". The Northern Echo. Middlesbrough. p. 24 – via Newsbank.
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