He made more than 400 appearances in the Football League for Birmingham, Derby County, Sheffield Wednesday and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.
He was a combative forward who scored goals for Birmingham at a rate of about one every three games, which helped them win the championship of the Second Division in 1920–21.
[4] He moved to Derby County in 1923, and formed a prolific partnership with Harry Storer and Randolph Galloway.
[5] When two years later Derby were promoted, Whitehouse was equally at home in the top flight, scoring 47 goals in less than three seasons.
He then moved into non-League football with Folkestone Town and spent a further year as player-manager of Worcester City.