class Players
{
private:
struct playerRec
{
char name[25];
int age;
int goals;
struct historyRec* historyPtr;
struct playerRec* next;
};
struct playerRec startPtr;
struct historyRec
{
char club[25];
int dateJoined;
int dateLeft;
struct historyRec* next;
};
};
These are forward declarations for a struct named historyRec, your historyRec has the full name Players::historyRec.
In C to reffer to a struct you would do struct historyRec, in C++ the struct part isnt needed, as historyRec is a new type, and is only used like this todo forward declarations.
To fix your problem change struct historyRec to just historyRec (this may not work havent checked) or Players::historyRec.
Also you will probably have to move the definition for historyRec above playerRec (or use a forward declaration
).