Albert John Whitehurst (22 June 1898 – 1976) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford City, Liverpool, Rochdale, Stoke and Tranmere Rovers.
Whitehurst was born in Fenton and started his career at his works football team New Haden Colliery, before moving to Stoke in 1920.
[1] Whitehurst played five seasons for Rochdale scoring a total of 117 league goals, including a club record 46 goals in 43 games in 1926–27 as the "Dale" agonisingly missed out on promotion.
He scored another two hat-tricks that season as City earned promotion from Football League Third Division North.
He left the following season to join his final club Tranmere Rovers where he played in 90 matches scoring 35 goals.