- Jackie Whitehouse
Infobox Football biography
playername = Jackie Whitehouse
fullname = John Charles Whitehouse
dateofbirth = birth date|1897|3|4|df=y
cityofbirth =Smethwick
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = death date and age|1948|1|3|1897|3|4|df=y
cityofdeath =Halesowen
countryofdeath =England
height =
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs = Blackheath Town
Redditch
years = 1916–1923
1923–1929
1929–1930
1930–1933
1933–1934
1934–1935
clubs = Birmingham
Derby County
Sheffield Wednesday
Bournemouth
Folkestone Town
Worcester City
caps(goals) = 110 (31)
186 (82)
010 0(1)
105 (17)
manageryears = 1934–1935
managerclubs = Worcester City (player-manager)John Charles "Jackie" Whitehouse (
4 March 1897 –1 March 1948 ) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. He made over 300 appearances in the top two divisions ofthe Football League for Birmingham, Derby County and Sheffield Wednesday.Playing career
Whitehouse was born in
Smethwick ,Staffordshire . He signed for Birmingham from Redditch in 1916, and scored 48 goals in 87 games for the club in three seasons of wartime competition. [cite book
author=Matthews, Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |pages=p. 232 |isbn=1-85983-101-2] He was one of many local players given a first team opportunity during the First World War at a younger age than would have been the case if regular players had not been away on military service. He was a combative forward who scored goals for Birmingham at a rate of about one every three games, which helped them to the championship of the Second Division in 1920–21. [Matthews, "Complete Record", p. 134.]He moved to Derby County in 1923, and formed a prolific partnership with Harry Storer and
Randolph Galloway . He missed the last two games of the 1923–24 season with injury, otherwise he would have been ever-present, and Derby missed promotion to the First Division ongoal average by one goal.cite web
url=http://www.therams.co.uk/details.asp?back=true&key=2941|0|2CE7185888243|R|718|184422972004476505631&parentkey=2941|0|2CE7185888243|p|718|0 |title=John Whitehouse |work=TheRams.co.uk |publisher=Derby Evening Telegraph |accessdate=2007-09-21] When two years later Derby were promoted, Whitehouse was equally at home in the top flight, scoring 47 goals in less than three seasons. [cite web
url=http://www.free-elements.com/Goals/DerB/DerB4.html |title=Derby County |work=Top Division Teams 1888-2005 |accessdate=2007-09-21] In a six-year career at Derby he made exactly 200 appearances, scoring 86 goals at a rate of nearly a goal every two games.In February 1929 he moved to Sheffield Wednesday. The club won two successive league championships in 1928–29 and 1929–30, but Whitehouse's contribution was small. He failed to settle, and played only ten games in all. He then spent three seasons with Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, playing more than 100 times for the club in the Third Division South, went on to Folkestone Town and spent a further year as
player-manager of Worcester City. [cite book
title=The Encyclopedia of Birmingham City Football Club 1875~2000 |author=Matthews, Tony |year=2000 |month=October |publisher=Britespot |location=Cradley Heath |pages=p. 238 |isbn=0-9539288-0-2] He later scouted for Derby County.Whitehouse died in
Halesowen ,Worcestershire at the age of 50.References
Persondata
NAME = Whitehouse, Jackie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Whitehouse, John Charles
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH =1897-03-04
PLACE OF BIRTH =Smethwick ,Staffordshire ,England
DATE OF DEATH =1948-01-03
PLACE OF DEATH =Halesowen ,Worcestershire ,England
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