Ian Whitehead

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Ian Whitehead
Personal information
Full name Ian Whitehead [1]
Date of birth (1946-12-28) 28 December 1946 (age 77)
Place of birth Scotland
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Vale of Leithen
1969–1970 Queen's Park 23 (15)
1970–1972 Ayr United 24 (11)
1972–1973 Berwick Rangers 22 (4)
1973–1978 Selkirk
International career
1969–1970 Scotland Amateurs 7 (4)
Managerial career
1973–1978 Selkirk (player-manager)
Hawick Royal Albert
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Whitehead (born 28 December 1946) is a Scottish retired semi-professional footballer who played as a centre forward in the Scottish League for Ayr United, Queen's Park and Berwick Rangers. [1] [2] He was capped by Scotland at amateur level and had a successful period in non-League football as player-manager of Selkirk. [3] [4]

Honours

Selkirk

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References

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  2. Hosie, Rab. "Scottish League appearance records – W". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
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