Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Kennedy Chalmers | ||
Date of birth | 1883 | ||
Place of birth | Beith, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 20 April 1918(1918-04-20) (aged 34–35) | ||
Place of death | Somme, France | ||
Position(s) | Centre Half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1904–1905 | Beith | ||
1905–1909 | Notts County | 18 | (1) |
1909–1911 | Ilkeston United | ||
1911–1912 | Shirebrook | ||
Total | 18 | (1) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Kennedy Chalmers (1883 – 20 April 1918) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Notts County.
Personal life
Chalmers was married. He served as a private in the Highland Light Infantry during the First World War and was killed in action on the Western Front on 20 April 1918. He is buried at Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1.
References
- ^ Tommy Chalmers at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ "Casualty Details: Thomas Kennedy Chalmers". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
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- 1883 births
- 1918 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Beith F.C. players
- Notts County F.C. players
- Ilkeston United F.C. players
- Shirebrook Miners Welfare F.C. players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Highland Light Infantry soldiers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football midfielder, 1880s birth stubs