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South African footballer (1958–2020)

Lawrence Chelin
Personal information
Date of birth (1958-08-24)24 August 1958
Date of death 23 June 2020(2020-06-23) (aged 61)
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Arcadia Shepherds
Durban United
Durban City
1981 Atlanta Chiefs 24 (1)
International career
1976 South Africa Invitational XI 1 (4)
1977 South Africa 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lawrence Chelin (24 August 1958 – 23 June 2020) was a South African professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Chelin played for Arcadia Shepherds‚ Durban United and Durban City, as well as for American team the Atlanta Chiefs in 1981. With Durban City he won the National Soccer League in 1985 and 1986.

He also played for the multiracial South Africa Invitational XI in 1976, and for the national team in 1977.

He died on 23 June 2020 from leukemia.

Style of play

Former South Africa captain Neil Tovey described Chelin as similar to Eden Hazard, being "skilful and unbelievably quick, especially over the first five metres".

References

  1. ^ "NASL-Lawrence Chelin". www.nasljerseys.com.
  2. ^ "South African football legend Lawrence Chelin has died". HeraldLIVE.
  3. Tovey, Neil; Landheer, Ernest (April 2019). A Captain's Journey. Penguin Random House South Africa. ISBN 9781776094035.


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