Sam Whittingham (footballer)

Sam Whittingham

Personal information
Full name	Samuel Whittingham
Date of birth	1884
Place of birth	Stoke-upon-Trent, England
Position(s)	Half-back
Youth career
	Goldenhill Wanderers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1902	Stoke	0	(0)
1903–1906	Burslem Port Vale	69	(3)
	Crewe Alexandra
1908–1909	Blackpool	48	(0)
1910	Huddersfield Town	0	(0)
	Mirfield United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel "Sam" Whittingham (born 1884; date of death unknown) was an English footballer who played for Stoke, Burslem Port Vale, Crewe Alexandra, Blackpool, and Huddersfield Town. He was the elder brother of Bob Whittingham.

Playing career

Whittingham played for Goldenhill Wanderers and Stoke, before joining Burslem Port Vale in August 1903. He played seven Second Division games in the 1903–04 season. He scored three goals in 31 league games in the 1904–05 season, bagging his first goal in the Football League on 17 December, in a 2–1 defeat to Bolton Wanderers at the Athletic Ground; he later claimed goals in 2–0 home wins over Grimsby Town and Doncaster Rovers in March. He played 31 league games in the 1905–06 campaign, but was transferred to Crewe Alexandra in the summer 1906. He later also played for Blackpool, Huddersfield Town (playing one FA Cup game in the 1910–11 season), and Mirfield United.

Statistics

• Sourced from Sam Whittingham profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke	1902–03	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burslem Port Vale	1903–04	Second Division	7	0	0	0	7	0
	1904–05	Second Division	31	3	2	0	33	3
	1905–06	Second Division	31	0	0	0	31	0
	Total		69	3	1	0	71	3
Blackpool	1908–09	Second Division	23	0	1	0	24	0
	1909–10	Second Division	25	0	2	0	27	0
	Total		48	0	3	0	50	0
Huddersfield Town	1910–11	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0

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