Brian Whittaker
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) | ||
| Playing position | 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) | |
| National team | |||
| 1978–1980 | Scottish League XI | 2 | (0) |
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Brian Whittaker (1956–1997) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Partick Thistle, Celtic, Heart of Midlothian and Falkirk.
| 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) | ||
| Playing position | 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) | |
| National team | |||
| 1978–1980 | Scottish League XI | 2 | (0) |
| |||
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 7 September 1997.[1]
Honours
Scottish Cup runner-up, 1986