Kingsley Whiffen

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Full name Stuart Kingsley Gears Whiffen[1]
Date of birth 3 December 1950
Place of birth Welshpool, Wales
Date of death 15 December 2006(2006-12-15) (aged 56)[1]
Kingsley Whiffen
Personal information
Full name Stuart Kingsley Gears Whiffen[1]
Date of birth 3 December 1950
Place of birth Welshpool, Wales
Date of death 15 December 2006(2006-12-15) (aged 56)[1]
Place of death Dorchester, England[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1954–1966 Llanfair Caereinion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1967 Chelsea 1 (0)
Plymouth Argyle
Bangor City
International career
Wales Schoolboys
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stuart Kingsley Gears Whiffen (3 December 1950 – 15 December 2006) was a Welsh amateur footballer who made one appearance in the Football League for Chelsea as a goalkeeper.[1] He was aged 16 years and 157 days on his only Chelsea appearance, making him the club's second youngest player of all time after his teammate Ian Hamilton, who was 16 years and 138 days on his debut earlier that year.[2] Whiffen won caps for Wales at schoolboy level.[3][4]

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