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Eric Whitington
English footballer

Eric Whitington

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English footballer
A.K.A.
Eric Richard Whitington
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Brighton, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Age
78 years
Sports Teams
Highlands Park F.C. (South Africa)
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. (United Kingdom)
Crawley Town F.C. (United Kingdom)
Folkestone F.C. (United Kingdom)
Eastbourne United Association F.C. (United Kingdom)
Horsham F.C. (United Kingdom)
England national under-18 association football team (United Kingdom)
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Biography

Eric Richard Whitington (born 18 September 1946) is an English former professional footballer who scored 8 goals from 32 appearances in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion. He played as a forward. He also played in the South African National Football League for the 1968 title-winning Highlands Park team.

Life and career

Whitington was born in Brighton. His football career began as a schoolboy with Arsenal, after which he joined Chelsea's ground staff. While with Chelsea he played for England at youth international level. He signed for Brighton & Hove Albion in 1964, turned professional the same year, and made his debut for the Third Division club in February 1966. In the 1966–67 season, he was the club's joint top scorer, alongside Kit Napier, with ten goals in all competitions, but a perceived lack of pace stopped him establishing himself as a first-team regular. He was released in 1968, and moved to South Africa to play for Highlands Park, who won the National Football League title in 1968. After returning to England, he played for Crawley Town of the Southern League, Folkestone, Eastbourne United, and for Isthmian League club Horsham, where he was the club's top scorer in the 1975–76 season with 25 goals in 42 League games, before finishing his career back at Crawley.

Whitington's son Craig also played in the Football League.

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