Billy Chalmers
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Chalmers[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1907-07-24)24 July 1907 | ||
Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1980 (aged 72–73) | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Inside right | ||
Youth career | |||
Bellshill Athletic | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1922–1924 | Queen's Park | 46 | (12) |
1924–1928 | Rangers | 19 | (5) |
1928–1931 | Newcastle United | 41 | (13) |
1931–1932 | Grimsby Town[3] | 6 | (1) |
1932–1936 | Bury | 98 | (23) |
1936–1938 | Notts County | 65 | (17) |
1938–1943 | Aldershot | 36 | (9) |
Total | 311 | (80) | |
Managerial career | |||
Ebbw Vale | |||
1948–1949 | Juventus | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Chalmers (24 July 1907 – 1980) was an association football player and manager who is most well known for managing Italian side Juventus during the 1948–49 season;[4] he is the one of two Scottish managers in the club's history.[5]
Biography
Born in Bellshill, Scotland,[1] as a player Chalmers appeared for various clubs as a forward.[1] After starting out in Glasgow with Queen's Park[6] then Rangers (where he won the 1924–25 Scottish Division One title in his first season with the club but then fell out of favour),[7] he was transferred to Newcastle United in March 1928 for £2,500.[4]
At Newcastle he played alongside club legend Hughie Gallacher, who was also born in Bellshill.[4] Chalmers scored against Leicester City on his debut, then in his second game he scored twice against Burnley which made him become popular quickly with the Toon fans.[8]
After his retirement from playing, Chalmers managed Ebbw Vale, Juventus and coached at former club Bury.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 55. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ "Notts County. 19 professionals on the books". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xi – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890–1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 28. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.
- ^ a b c d "Bellshill's forgotten soccer hero was Juventus manager". www.motherwelltimes.co.uk. 1 August 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ Juventus1897.it[dead link]
- ^ Chalmers, William Archived 24 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine, QPFC.com (7 appearances, 1 goal in the source attributed to Billy during the 1924-25 Scottish Division One season should be credited to Stewart Chalmers, who played in the same position and joined Queen's Park about the same time Billy moved to Rangers).
- ^ Rangers player Chalmers, William, FitbaStats
- ^ "Newcastle United - a statistical journey..." 28 September 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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