Former Nottingham Forest player Jeff Whitefoot has died aged 90, the club has announced.
Whitefoot made more than 250 appearances for the Reds between 1958 and 1967 and was the last surviving member of the team that won the FA Cup in 1959 – which the club said “cemented their place in Forest folklore”.
He started his career with Manchester United and became the youngest player to start a league match for the Red Devils – aged 16 years and 105 days – when he made his debut under manager Matt Busby in 1950.
As part of the famous ‘Busby Babes’, he spent eight years at Old Trafford before moving to Grimsby Town.
He signed for Forest less than a year later and appeared 285 times under the management of Billy Walker, Andy Beattie and then Johnny Carey.
Whitefoot spent almost a decade at the City Ground and his greatest achievement with the team came in his debut season when Walker’s side defeated Luton Town at Wembley to win the FA Cup for the second time.
In a statement, Forest said he was “deeply saddened” by the news and that his “thoughts are with Jeff’s family, friends and everyone who knew him.”
