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William Chalmers
Personal information
Full name William Crawford Chalmers
Date of birth 27 July 1860
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 14 May 1940(1940-05-14) (aged 79)
Place of death Rutherglen, Scotland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1883–1887 Rangers
1887–1889 Clyde
1890 Birtley
1890–1892 Middlesbrough Ironopolis
1892–1893 Darwen
International career
1885 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Crawford Chalmers (27 July 1860 – 14 May 1940) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Rangers, Clyde, Middlesbrough Ironopolis and Scotland (gaining one cap in 1885).

Club career

Chalmers played in Scotland prior to the commencement of the Scottish Football League in 1890; at Rangers, he was involved in their run to the semi-finals of the (English) FA Cup in 1886–87, the last season Scottish clubs were involved.

He moved to north-east England in his trade as a joiner around 1889 and was taken on initially by Birtley for a short spell, then by Middlesbrough Ironopolis where he won the Northern League in both seasons with the club. He was signed by Football League members Darwen in 1892 but had a knee injury which stopped him being able to play and soon led to his retirement. He returned to the Middlesbrough area and later to Scotland.

Representative career

While with Clyde, Chalmers featured three times for Scotland in unofficial matches in 1889.

He also represented the Glasgow F.A. against various opposition, including against Sheffield in the annual inter-city match on four occasions; the result of his final appearance was an 8–1 win at Hampden on 19 January 1889.

Honours

Clyde
Middlesbrough Ironopolis

References

  1. ^ Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872–1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
  2. Statutory registers – Deaths – Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  3. (Smith 2013, p. 51)
  4. English Semi-Final Cup Tie. | Aston Villa V. Glasgow Rangers. The Glasgow Herald, 7 March 1887
  5. "FOOTBALL". Dumfries and Galloway Standard. 15 May 1889 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "FOOTBALL". Arbroath Herald. 30 May 1889 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "FOOTBALL". Evening Telegraph. 18 June 1889 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. Inter-Association Match. Glasgow V. Sheffield, The Glasgow Herald, 21 January 1889 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
  10. "ALAS, POOR THISTLE!". Scottish Referee. 10 March 1889 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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