Born in
Greenwich, Whyte played for
Greenwich Borough,
Crystal Palace,
Charlton Athletic,
Reading,
Ipswich Town,
Bristol Rovers and
Southend United. He signed for Charlton Athletic in June 1994, alongside
Paul Mortimer, in a part-exchange deal with Crystal Palace;
Darren Pitcher moved in the opposite direction. He retired in 1999, at the age of 28. ==Later life and death==