Bob Whiting

Bob Whiting
Personal information
Full name Robert Whiting[1]
Date of birth (1883-01-06)6 January 1883[2]
Place of birth Canning Town, England
Date of death 28 April 1917(1917-04-28) (aged 34)[2]
Place of death Oppy Wood, Arras, France[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1904–1905 South West Ham
1905 West Ham United 0 (0)
1905–1906 Tunbridge Wells Rangers
1906–1908 Chelsea 52 (0)
1908–1915 Brighton & Hove Albion 253 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Whiting (6 January 1883 – 28 April 1917), sometimes known as Pom Pom Whiting,[3] was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Chelsea.[1][4][5] He made 253 appearances in the Southern League for Brighton & Hove Albion and was a part of the club's 1909–10 Southern League First Division and 1910 FA Charity Shield-winning teams.[6]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 309. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference CWGC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "Footballer featured in War Stories exhibition". brighton-hove.gov.uk. May 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Robert (Bob) 'Pom Pom' Whiting". robertpompomwhiting.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Bob Whiting: big kicker and casualty of war". Great War London. 12 June 2012. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  6. ^ Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 258. ISBN 0-9521337-1-7.