Ray Whittaker

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Ray Whittaker
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-01-15) 15 January 1945 (age 79)
Place of birth Bow, London, England
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Arsenal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1962–1964 Arsenal 0 (0)
1963–1969 Luton Town 170 (40)
1969–1971 Colchester United 45 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ray Whittaker (born 15 January 1945 in Bow, London) is an English former footballer.

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Career

Whittaker started his career as a youth team player at Arsenal before moving to Luton Town, where he made 170 appearances and scored 40 goals. He shared the honour of top scorer for Luton with Bruce Rioch in the 1966-67 season, scoring 11 goals. After six years at the club he moved to Colchester United in 1969. [1] He retired from football at the young age of 26.

Honours

Club

Luton Town [2]

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References

  1. "Ray Whittaker profile". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
  2. "Tier Four (League Two) Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.