He had lengthy spells with Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion, Leeds United – where he was a pivotal part of their 1991–92 title-winning team – and Birmingham City, and also played for numerous other clubs in England and abroad.
A defender who played at centre half (but also less often at full back),[citation needed] he made his Arsenal first-team debut as a substitute against Panathinaikos in the UEFA Cup on 30 September 1981.
[4] However, after Arsenal's shock League Cup loss to Walsall in November 1983 and the subsequent dismissal of Terry Neill, Whyte was dropped from the side in favour of new signing Tommy Caton.
[3] No domestic club offered Whyte a contract, and disenchanted,[citation needed] he left for the United States and played for two years in the Major Indoor Soccer League for New York Express and Los Angeles Lazers.
[7] After a brief spell at Coventry City on loan, Whyte left Birmingham in 1996, and subsequently played for Charlton Athletic, Leyton Orient, Oxford United and Rushden & Diamonds.