David Chalmers (footballer)

David Chalmers
Personal information
Full name David C Chalmers[1]
Date of birth 22 July 1891
Place of birth Buckhaven, Scotland
Date of death 1920 (aged 2829)
Playing position 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)
1917–1918Brentford (guest) 7 (3)
East Fife
1919–1920 Gillingham 13 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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]

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 55. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. "Kilmarnock Player ? Chalmers Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  3. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 363–365. ISBN 0951526200.
  4. 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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