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Percy Leonard Whipp (28 June 1897 – 18 October 1962) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Leeds United and Clapton Orient.[1] He also played league football for Swindon Town, Brentford and Sunderland.[1][4][5]

Percy Whipp

Personal information
Full name	Percy Leonard Whipp[1]
Date of birth	(1897-06-28)28 June 1897
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	18 October 1962(1962-10-18) (aged 65)[2]
Place of death	Ealing, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	West London Old Boys
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1919–1920	Western Athletic
1920–1921	Ton Pentre
1921–1922	Clapton Orient	20	(8)
1922	Sunderland	1	(0)
1922–1927	Leeds United	145	(44)
1927–1929	Clapton Orient	68	(17)
1929–1930	Brentford	7	(1)
1930–1931	Swindon Town	9	(5)
1931–1932	Bath City
	Worcester City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Whipp served as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War.[6][7]

Honours

Leeds United

• Football League Second Division: 1923–24[8]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1922–23[9]	First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
Leeds United	1922–23[8]	Second Division	29	15	3	1	32	16
	1923–24[8]		39	11	4	2	43	13
	1924–25[8]	First Division	35	10	1	0	36	10
	1925–26[8]		27	5	1	0	28	5
	1926–27[8]		15	3	0	0	15	3
	Total		145	44	9	3	154	47
Brentford	1929–30[10]	Third Division South	7	1	0	0	7	1
Swindon Town	1930–31[11]	Third Division South	9	5	0	0	9	5
Career total			162	50	9	3	171	53

References

External links

• Profile at leeds-fans.org.uk

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