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David Chalmers
Personal information
Full name David C Chalmers[1]
Date of birth 22 July 1891
Place of birth Buckhaven, Scotland
Date of death 24 April 1920(1920-04-24) (aged 28)[2]
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
1913 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 – 24 April 1920) was a Scottish professional football centre forward who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town.[1][3][4]

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.[5]

Career statistics

Club Season League League National Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kilmarnock 1909–10[3] Scottish League First Division 13 1 0 0 13 1
1910–11[3] 4 0 0 0 4 0
Total 17 1 0 0 17 1
Grimsby Town 1914–15[6] Second Division 3 0 0 0 3 0
Gillingham 1919–20[7] Southern League First Division 12 1 1 0 13 1
Career Total 32 2 1 0 33 2

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 55. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ^ "Grimsby Town Football Club". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Kilmarnock Player ? Chalmers Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  4. ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 363–365. ISBN 0951526200.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Grimsby Town Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 1 June 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  7. ^ "Gillingham FC Career Details". Retrieved 26 May 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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