Jimmy Whitehead - 2 Caps (0 Goals)
- Full Name: James Whitehead
- Born: 29th January 1871, Church, Lancashire
- Died: August 1929, Haslingden, Lancashire aged 58
- England Career: 1893 - 1894
- Positions whilst with England: Inside Right
- Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Accrington FC (1) &
Blackburn Rovers (1)
- FA Legacy Number: 208
- Whitehead joined Accrington FC in 1890 where he scored 23 goals from 73 appearances. He transferred to Blackburn Rovers in the summer of 1893 who paid a princely sum of £100 for his services. Accrington used the money to wipe out most of their debt. He joined Manchester City for the 1897/98 season but only made 24 appearances before going back to Accrington, this time with Accrington Stanley, after the original Accrington FC had folded. He died in 1929.
England Career Statistics
- Debut: v
Wales (HC) on 13th March 1893 aged 22 years, 1 month, 15 days - Last Cap: v
Ireland (HC) on 3rd March 1894 aged 23 years, 1 month, 5 days - Career Length: 355 days
- Starts: 2
- Substitute:
0
- Withdrawn:
0
- Full Games: 2
England Match Statistics
- Match Type
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- British Home ChampionshipHC
- 2
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- Home, Away or Neutral
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- Match Result
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- Playing Positions
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
England Managers
- Manager
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
England Team Mates (Top 10)
Sources
- An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
- England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
- Lancashire Online Parish Clerks
- Birth Registration Mar 1870 Blackburn 8e 395
- 3 sources from 2 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.
Match List
- IRE, 2 - 2, 3rd Mar 1894 (HC) Blackburn Rovers, Cap: 2.
Age: 23 years, 1 month, 5 days.
- WAL, 6 - 0, 13th Mar 1893 (HC) Accrington FC, Cap: 1.
Age: 22 years, 1 month, 15 days.
- * Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.
England Committee