Selwyn Whalley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Selwyn Davies Whalley | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Date of death | 8 August 2008 (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Playing position | Right-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1953–1966 | Port Vale | 178 | (7) |
| Total | 178 | (7) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Selwyn Davies Whalley (24 February 1934 – 8 August 2008) is an English former footballer. A right-back, he was a one club man with a fifteen-year career at Port Vale. He made 196 league and cup appearances for the club, before he was forced to retire due to a foot injury in May 1966. He helped the club to win the Fourth Division title in 1958–59. He spent the majority of his career as a part-time player, whilst also working as a teacher.
Whalley died on 8 August 2008, at the age of 74, following an 18-month battle against prostate cancer. He was survived by wife Lesley, son Martyn, daughters Joanne and Philippa and grandson Daniel. He died days apart from former teammate Ken Griffiths.
Whalley was born in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, and grew up supporting Port Vale. He joined his boyhood club as a professional in August 1953, he made his debut at right-half in a 3–2 defeat by Bristol Rovers on 13 April 1957 at Vale Park. He went on to play five further Second Division games in the 1956–57 season, as Norman Low's "Valiants" suffered relegation into the Third Division South. However, after taking up a teaching position in September 1957 his opportunities were limited. His teaching duties limited him to 13 appearances in 1957–58, though he did score his first senior goal on 8 March, in a 5–0 home win over Watford. At the end of the season a re-structuring of the Football League meant that Vale became founder members of the Fourth Division.
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