About Colin Whitaker
Lived 1932 – 2015 (aged 82). Colin Whitaker was a British association football player and cricketer.
Colin Whitaker (14 July 1932 – 1 May 2015) was an English footballer who played as a left winger in the Football League.
Football career Whitaker was a member of the youth team at Leeds United, before joining Sheffield Wednesday during the 1951–52 season. After only one league appearance for Wednesday he signed for Bradford Park Avenue. He went on to play for five other Football League clubs, Shrewsbury Town, Queens Park Rangers, Rochdale, Oldham Athletic and Barrow.
Other sports He also played cricket for Shropshire in the 1958 Minor Counties Championship.
Personal life While playing for Rochdale and Oldham, Whitaker worked as sports master at Rochdale High School. He later ran a building business from which he retired at age 59, living between Ashton-under-Lyne and the Costa del Sol in Spain. He died on 1 May 2015 and was cremated at Oldham Crematorium.
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Who was Colin Whitaker?
English footballer (1932-2015)
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Colin Whitaker was born on 14 June 1932 in Leeds.
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Colin Whitaker died on 1 May 2015 in England.
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Colin Whitaker was an association football player and cricketer.
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Colin Whitaker was British.
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