Jack Whitham is pictured above playing for Liverpool during their
match against Leicester City.
Sheffield
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1966-1967 |
Played |
3 |
Scored |
2 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
| Wednesday: |
1967-1968 |
Played |
20 |
Scored |
7 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
| |
1968-1969 |
Played |
19 |
Scored |
10 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
| |
1969-1970 |
Played |
21 |
Scored |
8 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
| |
| Transferred in May 1970 for £60,000 |
| |
| Liverpool: |
1970-1971 |
Played |
6 |
Scored |
1 |
goal |
Division 1 |
| |
1971-1972 |
Played |
9 |
Scored |
6 |
goals |
Division 1 |
| |
1972-1973 |
Played |
0 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
Division 1 |
| |
1973-1974 |
Played |
0 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
Division 1 |
| |
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Transferred to Cardiff City in January 1974 for whom he played 14 league games followed by 19 for
Reading (1975 - 1976)
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After retiring from football, Whitham ran the "Wadsley Jack" a public house in the
Wadsley area of Sheffield for 10 years. He then became the manager of the
South Yorkshire Police Social Club at Wadsley Bridge.
From 1993 until 2007 Whitham
was a part-time scout for Sunderland FC and in
2007 he joinedLuton Town as Chief Scout.
After Luton Town went into administration
in early 2008 Whitham went to
Wolverhampton Wanderers before becoming head of
player recruitment at
Sheffield United. He left Sheffield United in June 2010 to
become European Scout
at Wolverhamton Wanderers.
He lived in Sheffield with his wife Jose' and they celebrated their 40th Wedding
Anniversary
in 2010.
Away from football he is a well known singer/songwriter around
the acoustic music
clubs in the South Yorkshire area.