Career
While White was addressed in numerous newspaper articles as "Tex", no explanation was ever given as to how he got that nickname. From 1917 to 1923, played with the Barrie Canoe Club, Toronto Canoe Club, and Dunville Dunnies of the Ontario Hockey Association. These players included Harold Cotton, Hib Milks, Harold Darragh, Rodger Smith, Duke McCurry, Roy Worters and "Tex" White.
In 1925, the Yellow Jackets morphed into the National Hockey League"s Pittsburgh"s Pirates.
White was one of only five Pittsburgh players to play all five seasons for the Pirates. On March 17, 1931, White scored the lone goal for the Yellow Jackets against the London Tecumsehs.
He played in Pittsburgh before retiring from hockey in 1932. He was found dead in his Canadian Corps Club room, located in Portuguese Colborne, Ontario, on December 2, 1948.
He had been working as a steward at the club, for the previous three years.