Brian Whittaker
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 September 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 7 September 1997 (aged 40) | ||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sighthill Amateurs | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1983 | Partick Thistle | 241 | (4) |
| 1983–1984 | Celtic | 10 | (2) |
| 1984–1990 | Heart of Midlothian | 162 | (1) |
| 1990–1992 | Falkirk | 31 | (1) |
| Total | 444 | (8) | |
| International career | |||
| 1978–1980 | Scottish League XI | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Brian Whittaker (1956–1997) was a Scottish professional association football player who played for several teams, most famously Partick thistle and Heart of Midlothian.
Career
Left-back Whittaker came to prominence whilst playing over 200 games for Partick Thistle between 1974 and 1983, eventually becoming one of manager David Hay's first signings for Celtic in August 1983 for a fee of £50,000.
In May 1984 he was sold to Hearts for £25,000 and spent six years as a player at Tynecastle. Whitaker was an integral part of the 1986 Hearts team which was pipped to the league title by Celtic in the last minutes of the season, and also played in the losing 1986 Scottish Cup final team.
Whitaker spent some time at Falkirk before returning to Hearts as a coach, then moving on to working as an agent.
He was killed in a car crash on Sunday 7th September 1997.[1]
Honours
- Scottish Cup runner-up, 1986
References
External links
- 1956 births
- 1997 deaths
- Sportspeople from Glasgow
- Association football defenders
- Scottish footballers
- Partick Thistle F.C. players
- Celtic F.C. players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Road incident deaths in Scotland
- Scottish Football League representative players