Stanley Whitty ( – 17 February 1984) was an English professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer who played in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for

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(non- test matches), and

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the ...

, and at club level for

Hull FC Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Hull play their home games at the MKM Stadium and compete in Super League, the t ...

, as a .

Playing career

Club career

Stan Whitty made his début for

on Saturday 27 December 1919, and he played his last game for Hull FC on Saturday 25 April 1931.

International honours

Stan Whitty was selected for

while at Hull for the

1924 Great Britain Lions tour The 1924 Great Britain Lions tour was a tour by the Great Britain national rugby league team of Australia and New Zealand which took place between May and August 1924. The tour involved a schedule of 27 games; 18 in Australia, including a three- ...

of Australia and New Zealand, but he did not play in any of the test matches on this tour but played in 14-tour matches, and scored 5- Tries.

Lord Derby Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (29 March 1799 – 23 October 1869), known as Lord Stanley from 1834 to 1851, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served three times as Prime Minister of the United K ...

(Foreword), Michael E. Ulyatt (Author), Bill Dalton (Author) (Mar 1988). ''Old Faithful: History of Hull Football Club, 1865-1987''. Hutton Press Ltd.

References

External links

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Statistics at hullfc.comThe Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 April 1924, Page 12
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