Frank Whitehouse (June 1876 – before 1960) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Burslem Port Vale, Glossop and Stoke.[1]

Frank Whitehouse
Personal information
Full name Frank Whitehouse[1]
Date of birth June 1876
Place of birth Newcastle-under-Lyme, England[1]
Date of death before 1960[1]
Position(s) Inside right
Youth career
Bucknall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1899–1900 Burslem Port Vale 19 (1)
1900–1904 Stoke 88 (23)
1905 Glossop 20 (4)
Total 127 (28)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Whitehouse played for Bucknall before joining Burslem Port Vale in June 1899.[2] He bagged a brace on his (known) debut, playing outside-right in a 5–0 win over West Bromwich Albion at the Athletic Ground on 11 December 1899, in a first round Birmingham Senior Cup match. He played 19 Second Division matches for Vale, scoring once in a 2–1 defeat to Small Heath at Muntz Street.

He signed for Stoke in May 1900. He spent his first two seasons at the Victoria Ground in the reserves before becoming a regular in the 1902–03 season, where he scored nine goals.[1] He scored the same amount in the 1903–04 campaign, and hit a hat-trick in a 3–2 Boxing day win over Bolton Wanderers at Burnden Park. However, he lost his place in the side to Ross Fielding midway through the 1904–05 season. He left the Victoria Ground in the summer of 1905 and joined Second Division Glossop, where he played 20 times, scoring four goals.[1]

Career statistics

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Source:[3]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other[4] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Burslem Port Vale 1899–1900 Second Division 19 1 0 0 4 3 19 1
Stoke 1900–01 First Division 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
1901–02 First Division 6 3 0 0 0 0 6 3
1902–03 First Division 29 8 4 1 0 0 33 9
1903–04 First Division 31 9 1 0 0 0 32 9
1904–05 First Division 16 2 2 0 0 0 18 2
Total 88 23 7 1 0 0 95 24
Glossop 1905–06 Second Division 20 4 0 0 0 0 20 4
Career total 127 28 7 1 4 3 138 32

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 308. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  3. ^ Frank Whitehouse at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Staffordshire Senior Cup and Birmingham Senior Cup.