David Chalmers (footballer, born 1891)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David C Chalmers[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 July 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Buckhaven, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1920 (aged 28–29) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Leven Celtic | |||
| Buckhaven | |||
| 1909–1911 | Kilmarnock | 17 | (1) |
| → Arthurlie (loan) | |||
| Third Lanark | |||
| Raith Rovers | |||
| East Fife | |||
| York City | |||
| 1913–1914 | Grimsby Town | 5 | (0) |
| 1917–1918 | → Brentford (guest) | 7 | (3) |
| East Fife | |||
| 1919–1920 | Gillingham | 12 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and 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][2][3]
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.[4]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Grimsby Town | 1914–15[5] | Second Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gillingham | 1919–20[6] | Southern League First Division | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Career Total | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 55. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ "Kilmarnock Player ? Chalmers Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 363–365. ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Grimsby Town Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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- Scottish footballers
- English Football League players
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- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Arthurlie F.C. players
- 1891 births
- People from Buckhaven
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Middlesex Regiment soldiers
- Third Lanark A.C. players
- Raith Rovers F.C. players
- East Fife F.C. players
- York City F.C. (1908) players
- 1920 deaths
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- Gillingham F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- Brentford F.C. wartime guest players