Billy Chalmers

For other people with the same name, see William Chalmers.

William Chalmers
Personal information
Full name William Chalmers[1]
Date of birth (1907-07-24)24 July 1907
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Date of death 1980 (aged 72–73)
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Inside right
Youth career
Bellshill Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1922–1924 Queen's Park 46 (12)
1924–1928 Rangers 19 (5)
1928–1931 Newcastle United 41 (13)
1931–1932 Grimsby Town[3] 6 (1)
1932–1936 Bury 98 (23)
1936–1938 Notts County 65 (17)
1938–1943 Aldershot 36 (9)
Total 311 (80)
Managerial career
Ebbw Vale
1948–1949 Juventus
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Chalmers (24 July 1907 – 1980) was an association football player and manager who is most well known for managing Italian side Juventus during the 1948–49 season;[4] he is the one of two Scottish managers in the club's history.[5]

Biography

Born in Bellshill, Scotland,[1] as a player Chalmers appeared for various clubs as a forward.[1] After starting out in Glasgow with Queen's Park[6] then Rangers (where he won the 1924–25 Scottish Division One title in his first season with the club but then fell out of favour),[7] he was transferred to Newcastle United in March 1928 for £2,500.[4]

At Newcastle he played alongside club legend Hughie Gallacher, who was also born in Bellshill.[4] Chalmers scored against Leicester City on his debut, then in his second game he scored twice against Burnley which made him become popular quickly with the Toon fans.[8]

After his retirement from playing, Chalmers managed Ebbw Vale, Juventus and coached at former club Bury.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 55. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "Notts County. 19 professionals on the books". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xi – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890–1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 28. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.
  4. ^ a b c d "Bellshill's forgotten soccer hero was Juventus manager". www.motherwelltimes.co.uk. 1 August 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  5. ^ Juventus1897.it[dead link‍]
  6. ^ Chalmers, William Archived 24 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine, QPFC.com (7 appearances, 1 goal in the source attributed to Billy during the 1924-25 Scottish Division One season should be credited to Stewart Chalmers, who played in the same position and joined Queen's Park about the same time Billy moved to Rangers).
  7. ^ Rangers player Chalmers, William, FitbaStats
  8. ^ "Newcastle United - a statistical journey..." 28 September 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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