DAVID DOCHERTY RECALLS THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TOTTENHAM AND SCOTLAND STAR JOHN WHITE WHO WAS TAKEN TOO SOON…

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Cup kings: Tottenham’s John White, left, and Maurice Norman show off the FA Cup after their 3-1 victory against Burnley in 1962

JULY marked the 54th anniversary of the tragic death of one of the most gifted Scottish footballers of all-time – Tottenham’s John White.
White, nicknamed ‘The Ghost’, was struck by lightning on a north London golf course whilst sheltering under an oak tree during a thunderstorm. He had driven his firs...