Dick White

Defender · Liverpool 1955–1962

Dick White

Personal

Born
18 August 1931
Place of birth
Scunthorpe, England
Died
15 June 2002
Other clubs
Brumby Amateurs (1947-48), Scunthorpe Sports Club (1948-49), Scunthorpe United (1949-55), Doncaster Rovers (1962-64), Kettering Town (1964-66)

At Liverpool

Signed from
Scunthorpe United
Joined
10 November 1955
Transfer fee
£8,000
First goal
8 January 1958
Last goal
8 January 1958
Last appearance
27 January 1962
Contract expiry
29 May 1962

Liverpool career

217 Appearances
1 Goals
0 Assists
  • League 203 apps · 0 goals · 0 assists
  • Win ratio 53.46% — W 116 · D 41 · L 60

Honours

Second Division
1961-62

Player profile

Scunthorpe-born White arrived at Anfield in November 1955 after having played 133 League matches for his hometown club. Liverpool manager Don Welsh and two club directors arrived in Scunthorpe on 10 November 1955 and took manager Bill Corkhill away from a snooker game, and offered him £8,000 for White, the biggest fee in the club’s history, on the spot. White replaced regular centre-half Laurie Hughes at Barnsley on 10 March 1956 and made a further seven appearances for Liverpool before the end of that season. But Hughes missed only one League match in 1956/57 so it wasn't until the following season that White became a regular in the side. He only missed two matches over the next four League seasons. Ron Yeats arrived in 1961 and took over as captain from White, who had only been leading Liverpool out for one season. That effectively ended White's career as a Liverpool player although he still managed to make further 25 appearances as right-back before leaving Liverpool as second division champion.

Appearances per season

Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
1955-1956 8 0 0 0 0 8
1956-1957 5 0 0 0 0 5
1957-1958 41 5 0 0 0 46
1958-1959 42 1 0 0 0 43
1959-1960 41 2 0 0 0 43
1960-1961 42 2 3 0 0 47
1961-1962 24 1 0 0 0 25
Totals 203 11 3 0 0 217

A more detailed look at the player's appearances

Apps Mins Opponent
217 19,530 All opponents
11 990 Bristol Rovers
10 900 Leyton Orient
10 900 Swansea City
9 810 Derby County
9 810 Huddersfield Town
9 810 Middlesbrough
9 810 Scunthorpe United
9 810 Stoke City
9 810 Sunderland
8 720 Charlton Athletic
8 720 Ipswich Town
8 720 Lincoln City
8 720 Rotherham United
8 720 Sheffield United
7 630 Bristol City
6 540 Barnsley
6 540 Brighton & Hove Albion
6 540 Cardiff City
6 540 Fulham
5 450 Luton Town
5 450 Plymouth Argyle
4 360 Blackburn Rovers
4 360 Doncaster Rovers
4 360 Grimsby Town
4 360 Leeds United
4 360 Portsmouth
4 360 Southampton
3 270 Norwich City
3 270 Notts County
2 180 Aston Villa
2 180 Hull City
2 180 Newcastle United
2 180 Sheffield Wednesday
2 180 Southend United
2 180 West Ham United
1 90 Bury
1 90 Coventry City
1 90 Leicester City
1 90 Manchester United
1 90 Northampton Town
1 90 Oldham Athletic
1 90 Preston North End
1 90 Walsall
1 90 Worcester City
Total Started/substitutions
217 Started
0 Substituted
0 Substitute
0 On bench
Total Venue
107 Home
110 Away
Total Competition
203 League
11 FA Cup
3 League Cup
Total W D L Win% Manager
110 57 21 32 51.8% Phil Taylor
95 52 20 23 54.7% Bill Shankly
8 4 0 4 50.0% Don Welsh
4 3 0 1 75.0% Caretaker Manager

Goals per season

Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
1957-1958 0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 0 1 0 0 0 1

The player scored 1 goals in 1 different matches.

A more detailed look at the player's goals

Total Opponent
1 Southend United
Total Started/substitutions
1 Started
Total Competition
1 FA Cup
Total Goal minute period
1 76-90 minutes
Total Goal origin
1 Open play
Total Assisted by
1 Louis Bimpson