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THE GHOST OF WHITE HART LANE

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
20 September 2018

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...

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