John Whibley (7 July 1891 – 1972) was an English professional footballer who played in both the Southern League and Football League for Crystal Palace, as an outside left.^[1] He also played non-league football for Sittingbourne.

Whibley was born in Sittingbourne, Kent and began his youth career with local club Sittingbourne F.C.^[2] He signed for Crystal Palace, then playing in the Southern League, in 1911,^[3] and over the following seasons, up until the outbreak of World War I, was a reserve player making only 20 appearances, scoring three times.^[2]

Whibley's career was then interrupted by military service,^[4] but he returned to play for Crystal Palace in the 1919–1920 season (35 appearances, nine goals).^[2] He made a total of 55 appearances in the Southern League scoring 12 goals.^[2]

In 1920, Crystal Palace became a founder member of the Third Division and Whibley made the transition to professional football.^[2] He became a regular in the side that won the inaugural Third Division title in 1920–21,^[5] making 32 appearances and scoring five times.^[2] Over the next two seasons Whibley made a further 59 appearances scoring 10 goals but towards the end of the 1922–23 season was no longer first choice outside-left^[2] and in May 1923, returned to Sittingbourne.^[6] He had made a total of 146 League appearances for Crystal Palace, scoring 27 goals.^[2]