| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Irvine Whiteford | ||
| Date of birth | (1951-01-24) 24 January 1951 (age 73) | ||
| Place of birth | Shotts, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Airdrie Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1973 | Airdrie | 37 | (6) |
| 1973–1976 | Falkirk | 87 | (43) |
| 1976–1979 | Dumbarton | 62 | (35) |
| Rutherglen Glencairn | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Irvine "Jocky" Whiteford (born 24 January 1951) is a Scottish former footballer who played for Airdrieonians, Falkirk and Dumbarton.
His father Jock, elder brother Davie (a teammate at Falkirk and Glencairn, and coaching colleague at East Stirlingshire) and cousin Derek Whiteford (a teammate at Airdrie and Dumbarton) were also footballers.
References
- Airdrieonians: 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
- Falkirk: 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
- John Whiteford, Better Meddle...
- Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
- John Whiteford Player Profile, Sons Archive
- Whiteford, John (1940), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
- Stirling Albion: 1947/48 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
- Davie Whiteford, MotherWELLnet
- Sporting Whitefords, The Whiteford Web Resource Centre. Retrieved 26 August 2021
| Scottish League second tier top scorers | |
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| Division B | |
| Division Two | |
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| Championship | |
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- 1951 births
- Scottish men's footballers
- Sportspeople from Shotts
- Footballers from North Lanarkshire
- Dumbarton F.C. players
- Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Living people
- Men's association football forwards
- People educated at Airdrie Academy
- Scottish football coaches
- East Stirlingshire F.C. non-playing staff
- Rutherglen Glencairn F.C. players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football forward, 1950s birth stubs