David Chalmers (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | David C Chalmers[1] | ||
Date of birth | 22 July 1891 | ||
Place of birth | Buckhaven, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1920 (aged 28–29) | ||
Playing position | Centre forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
Leven Celtic | |||
Buckhaven | |||
Kilmarnock | |||
→ Arthurlie (loan) | |||
Third Lanark | |||
Raith Rovers | |||
East Fife | |||
York City | |||
1913–1914 | Grimsby Town | 5 | (0) |
East Fife | |||
1919–1920 | Gillingham | 13 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals) |
David C Chalmers (22 July 1891–1920) was a Scottish professional football centre forward who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town.[1]
Personal life
Chalmers served as a private with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War.[2]
References
- 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 55. ISBN 190589161X.
- ↑ Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 978-0857330772.
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