Cliff Whitelum
Encyclopedia
Cliff Whitelum was an English
footballer
who played for Sunderland
as a Forward
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in a 1–1 draw at Bloomfield Road
. Overall, during his Sunderland career spanning from 1939 to 1947, in a stay intertupted largely by the Second World War, made 50 league appearances scoring 19 goals.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
who played for Sunderland
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...
as a Forward
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
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Club career
Whitelum made his debut for Sunderland on 25 January 1939 against BlackpoolBlackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
in a 1–1 draw at Bloomfield Road
Bloomfield Road
Bloomfield Road is an all-seater football stadium in the English town of Blackpool, Lancashire. It has been the permanent home of Blackpool F.C. since 1901 and is named after the road on which the stadium's main entrance used to stand. The stadium has been in a process of redevelopment since 2000...
. Overall, during his Sunderland career spanning from 1939 to 1947, in a stay intertupted largely by the Second World War, made 50 league appearances scoring 19 goals.