Len White

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Len White

Date of birth	March 23, 1930 (1930-03-23)
Place of birth	Skellow, Yorkshire, England
Date of death	June 17, 1994 (aged 64)
Place of death	Huddersfield, England
Playing position	Forward
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1950–1952 1952–1962 1962–1964 1964–1966	Rotherham United Newcastle United Huddersfield Town Stockport County	43 (15) 245 (142) 102 (37) 53 (24)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Len White (11 May 1924 - June 1994) was a former English professional football player who played as a centre-forward, most noted for playing at Newcastle United.

[edit] Biography

Born in Skellow a small village near Doncaster, White started his career at Rotherham United and later joined Newcastle United in 1953 for £12,000 - a relatively high amount at the time. The signing of White came after two recent FA Cup successes for Newcastle.

White was primarily partenered up front alongside the well-established Jackie Milburn during the 1950s. Because of this, White often found himself in the shadows. Despite that, he had an impressive goalscoring tally and was instrumental during Newcastle's FA Cup winning campaign of 1955. Once Milburn ended his career in the late 1950s, White took over as the leading striker, and continued to improve his ratio of goals. He eventually left the club for Huddersfield Town in 1962.

White is currently the third highest goalscorer in history of Newcastle United with 153 goals. He is behind Jackie Milburn with 200 goals and Alan Shearer with 206 goals.

White died in Huddersfield in June 1994.