Norman Whitfield (footballer)

Norman Whitfield
Personal information
Full name Norman Whitfield[1]
Date of birth 3 April 1896
Place of birth West Wylam, England
Date of death 14 November 1962(1962-11-14) (aged 66)[2]
Place of death Leicester, England
Height 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[3]
Position(s) Inside left
Youth career
Prudhoe Celtic Juniors
Jarrow Croft
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1913–1920 Leicester City 24 (6)
1920–1922 Hednesford Town 68 (66)
1922–1927 Chesterfield 120 (60)
Worcester City
1928–1930 Nuneaton Town (47)
Hinckley United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Norman Whitfield (3 April 1896 – 14 November 1962) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside left in the Football League for Chesterfield and Leicester City.[1][2][4] He later captained Nuneaton Town in non-League football.[5]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 14. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b "Chesterfield FC: Football League & National League players, 1921 to date". Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Optimists of the North. Chesterfield". Athletic News. Manchester. 6 August 1923. p. 6.
  4. ^ "No. 34 Norman Whitfield" (PDF). Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  5. ^ Nuneaton Town 1919–1937 Part 2 2015, p. 34.