Fred Whittaker | |
Fullname: | Frederick John Rennie Whittaker |
Birth Date: | 18 April 1923 |
Birth Place: | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Death Place: | Aldergrove, British Columbia, Canada |
Height: | 183 cm |
Position: | Centre forward |
Years1: | 1940–44 |
Clubs1: | Vancouver St. Saviours |
Years2: | 1944–45 |
Clubs2: | Vancouver Boeing FC |
Years3: | 1945–46 |
Clubs3: | North Shore United FC |
Years4: | 1946–47 |
Clubs4: | Notts County |
Years5: | 1947–49 |
Clubs5: | St. Saviours / Vancouver City |
Years6: | 1949–54 |
Clubs6: | North Shore United FC |
Years7: | 1955–56 |
Clubs7: | Vancouver Pilseners |
Caps4: | 10 |
Goals4: | 2 |
Frederick John Rennie Whittaker (April 18, 1923 – September 29, 2006) was a lacrosse and soccer player from British Columbia, Canada. He was signed by the English club Notts County in 1946 and scored two goals in ten games for them in that year. Back in Canada he led Vancouver North Shore United to the national championship in 1949 and played eleven times for and coached the British Columbia All-Stars.
In 2002, he was inducted into the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame.[1]