[4] During his playing career, he received spotlight from the Indian field hockey fraternity for his notable work as a goalkeeper.
[5] He impressed as a goalkeeper during Ceylon's two match home test series against defending Olympic field hockey champions India in 1960 whereas the Indian national field hockey team manager BL Gupta and Indian national captain Leslie Claudius applauded White for his exceptional glovework.
He also joined the Sri Lanka Army in the inter club tournaments in the Annual Hockey Nationals.
[7] Sri Lanka endured a tough run at the 1966 Asian Games as they secured a fifth-place finish out of eight teams in the men's field hockey competition where they defeated South Korea 1–0 in the consolation play-off.
[9] He pursued his primary and secondary education at the Kingswood College, Kandy and at the school he played field hockey, cricket, football and athletics.