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John Whiteley

Playing Career

All information provided below is based only on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.

Vital Statistics

Full Name
John William Whiteley
Born
Thursday, 20th November, 1930
Died
Sunday, 13th February, 2022 (Aged 91 years and 85 days)

Competitions Won

The Ashes
1958, 1959/60
World Cup
1960
Test Series
1958 New Zealand vs Great Britain, 1961 Great Britain vs New Zealand

Honours & Awards

English Hall Of Fame
2018

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - International   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Tests (Senior International Matches) - 16 - 16 2-2 - - - 6 - - - 10 5 1 62.50% List
Other International Matches - 2 - 2 1-1 - - - 3 - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
The Ashes 2 5 - 5 2-2 - - - 6 - - - 4 1 - 80.00% List
World Cup 1 3 - 3 --- - - - - - - - 2 1 - 66.67% List
Tour Matches Hull FCHUL - 1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Tour Matches Great BritainGBR - 18 - 18 10-10 - - - 30 - - - 16 2 - 88.89% List
Test Series 4 8 - 8 2-2 - - - 6 - - - 6 2 - 75.00% List
European Championship - 1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Overall   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  26 - 26 10-10 - - - 30 - - - 19 6 1 73.08% List

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
England 1953   1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Great Britain 1957-62   15 - 15 2-2 - - - 6 - - - 9 5 1 60.00% List

International Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Great Britain 1957   2 - 2 1-1 - - - 3 - - - 2 - - 100.00% List
Rest Of The World 1957   1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Great Britain 1957, 1960   3 - 3 --- - - - - - - - 2 1 - 66.67% List

Your Say

  • Ian Glover
    7 Jun 2011 11:12pm

    John Whiteley was the most able loose or second row RL forward that I have seen. His handling was beyond brilliance. He had the pace of a very fast centre or fast winger and the creativity of a world class stand-off,. and incredible fitness and work rate, and phenomenal qualities of generalship and leadership on and off the pitch. He could make the most complicated and thoughtful and exhausting play look simple and easy. He was a complete gentleman who made nasty opponents look stupid by running rings round them with much superior skill and speed, while never saying a bad word about them, and indeed teaching and encouraging them.to improve their abilities. Yet he was quietly tough as well. No-ne dreamed of calling him a pushover or big softy. His running was a delight to watch, original, stylish, combining the mazy and the direct very unprediictably. He gave former fans of his a yardstick to judge all other forwards by. I believed for 40 years after watching him that rugby league was a game of great intellectuality, delicacy, artistry and beauty - which in his capable hads it was!

  • Anonymous
    10 Jan 2017 12:36pm

    John Whiteley was the very best of some very good loose forwards in the 50/60s. He always brought the best out of team mates and was a great captain.
    Where today in world rugby would you find two forwards in the same pack that scored over a hundred tries each? Whiteley and Bill Drake

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