Career
Whitehouse played for Bucknall, before joining Burslem Portuguese Vale in June 1899. He played 19 Second Division matches for Vale, scoring once in a 2–1 defeat to Small Heath at Muntz Street. He signed for Stoke in May 1900 and spent his first two seasons at the Victoria Ground in the reserves before becoming a regular in the 1902-1903 season, where he scored nine goals.
However he lost his place in the side to Ross Fielding mid-way through the 1904-1905 season.
He left the Victoria Ground in the summer of 1905 and joined Second Division Glossop, where he played 20 times, scoring four goals.
