William Whiting (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Whiting | ||
Date of birth | Not known | ||
Place of birth | Southampton, England | ||
Date of death | Not known | ||
Position(s) | Half-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Fitzhugh Rovers | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1901–1907 | Southampton | 4 | (0) |
1907–1908 | Salisbury City | ||
1908–1910 | Eastleigh Athletic | ||
1910–19?? | Southampton Wanderers | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
William Whiting was an English footballer who played as a half-back for Southampton in the 1900s, before becoming a referee.
Football career[]
Whiting played football as an amateur for Fitzhugh Rovers before joining Southampton of the Southern League in 1901. In his six years at the "Saints", he only made four first-team appearances but in excess of 200 appearances for the reserves.[1]
His first-team debut came when he replaced the injured Samuel Meston at right-half in a 4–1 victory over Kettering Town on 15 February 1902.[2] He made two first-team appearances in the 1902–03 season, with his final appearance in the Southern League coming on 10 April 1905.[3]
In 1905, he was a member of the Southampton Reserves team which won the Hampshire Senior Cup.[1]
He left Southampton in the summer of 1907 to join Salisbury City where he spent a season, before joining Eastleigh Athletic.[1]
Career as a referee[]
After the First World War, Whiting became a referee in Southampton, and was promoted to the Southern League list in September 1921.[1]
References[]
- Footballers from Southampton
- English footballers
- Southern Football League players
- Southampton F.C. players
- Salisbury City F.C. (1905) players
- English football referees
- Eastleigh Athletic F.C. players
- Association football defenders