Arthur Whalley

Career Whalley played in the Football League for Blackpool, Manchester United, Southend United, Charlton Athletic, Millwall, Barrow and represented the Football League XI. Whalley was one of eight players to be banned for life by the Football Association after a match-fixing scandal during the 1914–15 season, though in light of his war service, the ban was lifted in 1919.

Personal life Whalley served as a sergeant in the 2nd Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War. He saw action at the battles of Flers-Courcelette, Le Transloy and Passchendaele. At Passchendaele, Whalley was seriously wounded in the head and leg and was evacuated to a hospital in Orpington, Kent. After retiring from football in 1927, Whalley worked as a bookmaker.

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Honours Manchester United Football League First Division: 1910–11