Tom Whittaker (footballer)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas James Whittaker[1] | ||
Date of birth | 21 July 1898 | ||
Place of birth | Aldershot, Hampshire, England | ||
Date of death | 24 October 1956 | (aged 58)||
Place of death | London, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) |
Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1919–1925 | Arsenal | 64 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
1947–1956 | Arsenal | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas James Whittaker MBE (21 July 1898 – 24 October 1956) was an English football player, trainer and manager, chiefly associated with Arsenal Football Club.[3]
Playing career
Whittaker was born at East Cavalry Barracks,
In the meantime, he had continued playing football for his regiment, and after serving his country in World War I, Whittaker forwent his engineering career and joined Leslie Knighton's Arsenal in November 1919. He first played as centre-forward then as wing-half. He signed as a professional in January 1920 and made his debut in a 1–0 defeat away to West Bromwich Albion on 6 April 1920 and became a regular in the side in the 1920s, playing 70 times for the club and scoring two goals.[3]
He toured Australia as part of
Managerial career
After Chapman's death in 1934, Whittaker continued to serve under his successor, George Allison, and also became a trainer for the England national team.
The Second World War saw Whittaker work as an
With the end of the war, Whittaker resumed his role as trainer at Arsenal. After Allison's retirement in 1947, Whittaker became the club's new manager; under him the club won the
Whittaker, while still at the helm of Arsenal, died of a heart attack at the University College Hospital, London in 1956, at the age of 58.
Personal life
Whittaker wrote an autobiography entitled The Arsenal Story which was posthumously released in 1957.[5]
Honours
Managerial
Individual
- Member of the Order of the British Empire: 1947[3]
See also
- List of English football championship winning managers
References
- ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0.
- ^ The Vagrant (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Arsenal". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
- ^ a b c d e f "Tom Whittaker: Arsenal". Arsenal.com.
- ^ "North East War Memorials Project – Regional Content". www.newmp.org.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Tom Whittaker". Spartacus Educational.com.
- ^ ISBN 0747271089)
- ^ MacAdam, John (7 October 1948). "Lewis snaps up two in soccer 'feast'". Daily Express. London. p. 4.
- ^ "A Pleasant Revival". The Times. 7 October 1948. p. 2.
- ^ "Arsenal win Shield for seventh time". Yorkshire Post & Leeds Intelligencer. 13 October 1953. p. 6.