- Len White
Football manager infobox
playername = Len White
fullname =
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date|1930|3|23|mf=y
cityofbirth =Skellow ,Yorkshire
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = death date and age|1994|6|17|1930|3|23
cityofdeath =Huddersfield
countryofdeath =England
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years =1950–1952
1952–1962
1962–1964
1964–1966
clubs =Rotherham United
Newcastle United
Huddersfield Town
Stockport County
caps(goals) = 43 (15)
245 (142)
102 (37)
53 (24)Len White (
11 May 1924 - June 1994) was a former English professional football player who played as a centre-forward, most noted for playing at Newcastle United.Biography
Born in
Skellow a small village nearDoncaster , White started his career at Rotherham United and later joined Newcastle United in 1953 for £12,000 - a relatively high amount at the time. The signing of White came after two recentFA Cup successes for Newcastle.White was primarily partenered up front alongside the well-established
Jackie Milburn during the 1950s. Because of this, White often found himself in the shadows. Despite that, he had an impressive goalscoring tally and was instrumental during Newcastle's FA Cup winning campaign of 1955.Once Milburn ended his career in the late 1950s, White took over as the leading striker, and continued to improve his ratio of goals.He eventually left the club for Huddersfield Town in 1962.White is currently the third highest goalscorer in history of Newcastle United with 153 goals. He is behind Jackie Milburn with 200 goals and
Alan Shearer with 206 goals.White died in
Huddersfield in June 1994.External links
* [http://www.khscott.org.uk/nufc/template_player.php?pid=794 Statistics and profile]
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