Hugh Whyte (24 July 1955 – 9 November 2009)
was a Scottish
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
, who played for
Hibernian and
Dunfermline Athletic.
Whyte, who was born in
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...
, played in the
juniors for
Hurlford United
Hurlford United Football Club are a Scottish Association football, football club based in Hurlford, near Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Nicknamed ''The Ford'', they were formed in 1912 and play at Blair Park, wearing red and white. They currently play i ...
.
Whyte joined
Hibernian in 1972 and made five league appearances, but refused to abandon his medical studies when the club asked him to become a full-time professional.
He subsequently moved to
Dunfermline Athletic in 1976.
Dunfermline had been relegated from the
First Division in
1975–76 and were unable to sustain full-time football. Whyte established himself as their first choice goalkeeper.
Whyte kept the position for nine years, playing 362 games in total while keeping 116
shutout
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Shutouts are usuall ...
s.
After retiring from his football career in 1987, Whyte became the Dunfermline club doctor.
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1955 births
2009 deaths
Footballers from Kilmarnock
Scottish men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Hurlford United F.C. players
Hibernian F.C. players
Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
Scottish Junior Football Association players
Scottish Football League players
20th-century Scottish medical doctors
21st-century Scottish medical doctors
Dunfermline Athletic F.C. non-playing staff
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh