Albert Whitehurst

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Albert Whitehurst
Personal information
Full name Albert John Whitehurst
Date of birth 22 June 1898(1898-06-22)
Place of birth    Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Date of death    1976
Playing position Centre Forward
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*

1920–1923
1923–1928
1928–1929
1929–1931
1931–1933
New Haden Colliery
Stoke
Rochdale
Liverpool
Bradford City
Tranmere Rovers
Total

018 00(4)
169 (117)
008 00(2)
038 0(30)
080 0(29)
313 (182)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Albert John Whitehurst (born June 22, 1898 in Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, England; died 1976) was an English footballer who was a Centre Forward.

He played for five professional clubs during his career and was a prolific scorer, setting club records at two of his clubs, Rochdale for goals in a season and Bradford City for the number of goals in a game.

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[edit] Playing career

Whitehurst started his career at amateur club New Haden Colliery, before moving to Stoke and Rochdale.

Whitehurst played five seasons for Rochdale scoring a total of 117 league goals, including 44 in 1926-27. The latter remains a club record.[1]

He moved to Liverpool, where he played just eight times, before moving onto Bradford City. Despite starting in just 38 games, he scored 30 goals. He scored twice in both his first games, before scoring seven in his fourth game against Tranmere Rovers on March 6, 1929. He scored another two hat-tricks that season as City earned promotion from Division Three (North). His seven goals in one game is a Bradford City record.[2]

He left the following season to join his final club Tranmere Rovers.

[edit] Honours

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rochdale Official Website Rochdale Club History
  2. ^ Bradford City Official Website Bradford City Football Club - Facts

[edit] External links