Brian Whittaker

Brian Whittaker
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-09-23)23 September 1956
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 7 September 1997(1997-09-07) (aged 40)
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
Sighthill Amateurs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1974–1983 Partick Thistle 241 (4)
1983–1984 Celtic 10 (2)
1984–1990 Heart of Midlothian 162 (1)
1990–1992 Falkirk 31 (1)
Total 444 (8)
National team
1978–1980 Scottish League XI 2 (0)

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

† Appearances (goals)

Brian Whittaker (1956–1997) was a Scottish professional association football player who played for several teams, most famously Partick thistle and Heart of Midlothian.

Career

Left-back Whittaker came to prominence whilst playing over 200 games for Partick Thistle between 1974 and 1983, eventually becoming one of manager David Hay's first signings for Celtic in August 1983 for a fee of £50,000.

In May 1984 he was sold to Hearts for £25,000 and spent six years as a player at Tynecastle. Whitaker was an integral part of the 1986 Hearts team which was pipped to the league title by Celtic in the last minutes of the season, and also played in the losing 1986 Scottish Cup final team.

Whitaker spent some time at Falkirk before returning to Hearts as a coach, then moving on to working as an agent.

He was killed in a car crash on Sunday 7th September 1997.[1]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Brian Whitaker Obituary

External links

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