Bob Whiting

Bob Whiting
Personal information
Full name Robert Whiting[1]
Date of birth 6 January 1883
Place of birth Canning Town, England
Date of death 28 April 1917(1917-04-28) (aged 34)[2]
Place of death Pas-de-Calais, France[2]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
South West Ham
West Ham United
Tunbridge Wells Rangers
1905–1907 Chelsea 52 (0)
1908–1915 Brighton & Hove Albion

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Robert "Bob" Whiting (6 January 1883 – 28 April 1917), sometimes known as Pom Pom Whiting,[2] was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Chelsea.[3] Whiting died in France whilst fighting in World War I, he is commemorated at the Arras Memorial.[4]

Honours

Brighton & Hove Albion

References

  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 309. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Footballer featured in War Stories exhibition | Brighton & Hove City Council". www.brighton-hove.gov.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  3. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  4. "Bob Whiting: big kicker and casualty of war". Great War London. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
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