Albert John Whitehurst (22 June 1898 – 1976) was an English

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who played in

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for

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

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and

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. Whitehurst played for five professional clubs during his career and was a prolific scorer, setting club records at two of his clubs,

for goals in a season and

for the number of goals in a game.

Playing career

Whitehurst was born in Fenton and started his career at his works football team New Haden Colliery, before moving to

in 1920. He played 11 times in 1920–21 scoring twice and played six matches in 1921–22 again getting on the score sheet twice but he manages just one appearance in 1922–23 and was sold to

. Whitehurst played five seasons for Rochdale scoring a total of 117 league goals, including a club record 46 goals in 43 games in 1926–27 as the "Dale" agonisingly missed out on promotion. He moved to

, where he played just eight times scoring twice, before moving onto

. 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

on 6 March 1929. He scored another two hat-tricks that season as City earned promotion from

Football League Third Division North The Third Division North of the Football League was a tier in the English football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran in parallel with the Third Division South with clubs elected to the League or relegated In sports leagues, promotion and ...

. His seven goals in one game is a Bradford City record. He left the following season to join his final club

where he played in 90 matches scoring 35 goals.

Career statistics

Source:

Honours

; Bradford City *

champions: 1928–29 ; Stoke *

Football League Second Division The Football League Second Division was the second level division in the English football league system between 1892 and 1992. Following the foundation of the FA Premier League, the Football League divisions were renumbered and the third ti ...

runners-up: 1921–22

References

External links

LFChistory.net profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Whitehurst, Albert 1898 births 1976 deaths Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent Stoke City F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Tranmere Rovers F.C. players English men's footballers English Football League players Men's association football forwards