| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jack Whitham | ||
| Date of birth | 8 December 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Burnley, England | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1964 | Holy Trinity F.C. | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1970 | Sheffield Wednesday | 63 | (31) |
| 1970–1974 | Liverpool | 15 | (7) |
| 1974–1975 | Cardiff City | 14 | (3) |
| 1975–1976 | Reading | 19 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 1968 | England U23 | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| ? | Hallam | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jack Whitham is an English former professional footballer who played for Sheffield Wednesday, Liverpool, Cardiff City and Reading. He was a centre forward who only started 111 league games in a nine-year career between 1967 and 1976, scoring 40 goals. He made one appearance for the England under 23 team against Wales in 1968.
Whitham was born in Burnley on 8 December 1946; his grandfather Thomas Whitham of the Coldstream Guards had won the Victoria Cross in 1917 for attacking single-handed an enemy machine gun post. He played amateur football for Holy Trinity F.C. before signing for Sheffield Wednesday in October 1964.