Walter Whittaker
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Whittaker | ||
| Date of birth | 20 September 1878 | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Date of death | 2 June 1917 (aged 38) | ||
| Place of death | Swansea, Wales | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Molyneaux | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Buxton | |||
| Molyneaux | |||
| 1896 | Newton Heath | 3 | (0) |
| 1896–1897 | Fairfield | ||
| 1897–1898 | Grimsby Town | 28 | (0) |
| 1898–1900 | Reading | ||
| 1900–1901 | Blackburn Rovers | 52 | (0) |
| 1901–1903 | Grimsby Town | 47 | (0) |
| 1903–1904 | Derby County | 12 | (0) |
| 1904–1906 | Brentford | 63 | (0) |
| 1906–1907 | Reading | ||
| 1907–1910 | Clapton Orient | 90 | (0) |
| 1910–1912 | Exeter City | ||
| 1912–1914 | Swansea Town | ||
| 1914 | Llanelly | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1912–1914 | Swansea Town (player-manager) | ||
| 1914 | Llanelly (player-manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Walter Whittaker (20 September 1878 – 2 June 1917) was an English football goalkeeper who played in the Football League for Newton Heath, Grimsby Town, Blackburn Rovers, Derby County, Clapton Orient and Swansea Town.
Whittaker began his career with Manchester League side Molyneaux. He had a short spell with Buxton, but returned to Molyneaux before joining Newton Heath in February 1896 as a replacement for William Douglas, who had transferred to Derby County. Whittaker was one of four goalkeepers Newton Heath tried following Douglas' departure (including their regular left-half Walter Cartwright), but the team lost all three matches Whittaker appeared in; he was transferred to Fairfield at the end of the season.
After a season away, Whittaker returned to the Football League with Second Division side Grimsby Town in May 1897, playing in all but two of the club's matches in the 1897–98 season. In May 1898, Whittaker transferred to Southern League club Reading, where he played for almost two seasons before returning to The Football League with Blackburn Rovers in February 1900. After just over 50 league appearances for Blackburn, Whittaker rejoined Grimsby Town – newly promoted to the First Division – in December 1901. The club narrowly avoided relegation at the end of the 1901–02 season, but they were unable to repeat the feat in 1902–03, and at the end of the season, after 47 more appearances for Grimsby, Whittaker transferred to Derby County to remain a First Division player.
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