John Whitbourne

For the English author, see John Whitbourn.

John Giles Whitbourne (1885 – 1936) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur and Leyton.

John Whitbourne

Personal information
Full name	John Giles Whitbourne
Date of birth	1885
Place of birth	Middlesbrough, England
Date of death	1936 (aged 50–51)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1903–1904	South Bank
1904–1905	Sunderland	3	(0)
1905–1908	Tottenham Hotspur	19	(0)
1908–19??	Leyton
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Middlesbrough Whitbourne first represented local club South Bank before moving to Sunderland where he spent the one season for the 1904–1905 campaign. He was mainly in the reserves at Sunderland and was recorded as only player three first team competitive games. Then in May 1905 Whitbourne move to London to play for Tottenham. His first year he played in the reserves as John Eggett was Tottenham's first choice keeper. His debut was in the Western League on 13 November 1905 in a home match against Brentford that Spurs lost 3–2. It wasn't until Eggett got injured in September 1906 that Whitbourne had a chance to play. In 1907 Tottenham signed Gordon Manning and Whitbourne went back to playing in the reserves until he was released in 1908.

Works cited

• Soar, Phil (1995). Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882–1995. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.
• Goodwin, Bob (1992). The Spurs Alphabet. ACL & Polar Publishing (UK) Ltd. ISBN 0-9514862-8-4.
• Dykes, Garth; Lamming, Doug (2000). All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland AFC. Great Britain. ISBN 9781899538157.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)