Jack Whent
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Richard Whent[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 May 1920[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Darlington, England | ||
| Date of death | 25 August 1999 (aged 79)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Citrus Heights, California, US | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) |
Half back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1939–1940 | Vancouver St Saviour's | ||
| 1940–1942 | Olympic Club | ||
| 1942–1943 | Vancouver Boeing FC | 0 | (0) |
| 1943–1944 |
Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| 1944–1946 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| 1946–1947 | Vancouver St Andrew's FC | ||
| 1947–1950 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 101 | (4) |
| 1950–1951 | Luton Town | 11 | (3) |
| 1951–1953 | Kettering Town | ||
| 1953–1955 | Westminster Royals | ||
| San Francisco Rovers | |||
| San Francisco Mercuries | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Richard Whent (3 May 1920 – 25 August 1999) was an English professional
Brighton & Hove Albion and Luton Town. He won two Canadian Championships, with Vancouver St Andrew's in 1947 and the Westminster Royals six years later[1]
Life and career
Whent was born in England, in
Pacific Coast League-winning Vancouver St Andrew's team who in 1987 were inducted into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame.[2][4]
Whent was tempted back to Brighton in 1947, and signed for the club on professional terms. He played regularly, mainly at
centre half, and also captained the team as he went on to make 101 appearances in the Football League Third Division South. He moved on to Second Division club Luton Town ahead of the 1950–51 season, as part of the deal that took Jimmy Mulvaney and Peter Walsh to Brighton, but played little. After two seasons with Kettering Town of the Southern League,[3] he returned to Canada where he won his first Challenge Trophy in 1953 with the Westminster Royals.[2] In 1950, Whent was on a 16-man shortlist in a 1950 Canadian Press poll to select the best players of the previous 50 years.[5]
Whent rejoined the
Canadian championship.[6]
By 1958, Whent was back in San Francisco playing for an all-star team against a touring Manchester City side.[7] He died in Citrus Heights, California, in 1999 at the age of 79.[1] He was playing for the San Francisco Mercuries as late as 1961.
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Jack Whent". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Jack Whent (CAN)". Canada Soccer. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
- ^ "1946–47 St. Andrews FC (M)". BC Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Scott, Richard (2012). "100 Notable Canadian Footballers (Men's Soccer)". Canada Soccer: our Centennial Celebrated. The Canadian Soccer Association. p. 27.
- ^ Gillespie, Norm (19 August 1953). "New Westminster cops soccer tie". Google. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ Hill, Richard (4 June 1958). "England booters meet S.F. stars". San Mateo Times. p. 17.