Billy Chalmers
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Chalmers[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 July 1907 | ||
| Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Inside right | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bellshill Athletic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1922–1924 | Queen's Park | 85 | (21) |
| 1924–1928 | Rangers | 19 | (5) |
| 1928–1931 | Newcastle United | 41 | (13) |
| 1931–1932 | Grimsby Town | 6 | (1) |
| 1932–1936 | Bury | 98 | (23) |
| 1936–1938 | Notts County | 65 | (17) |
| 1938–1943 | Aldershot | 36 | (9) |
| Teams managed | |||
| Ebbw Vale | |||
| 1948–1949 | Juventus | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
William "Billy" Chalmers was an association football player and manager,[2] who is most well known for managing Italian side Juventus during the 1948-49 season;[3] he is the one of two Scottish managers in the club's history.[4] He was born in Bellshill, Scotland.[1]
Biography
As a player Chalmers played for various clubs as a striker;[1] he was transferred from Glasgow Rangers in 1928 for £2,500 to play for Newcastle United.[3]
At Newcastle he played alongside club legend Hughie Gallacher, who was also born in Bellshill.[3] 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.[5]
After his retirement from playing, Chalmers managed Ebbw Vale, Juventus and coached at former club Bury.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 55. ISBN 190589161X.
- ↑ "QPFC.com - A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- 1 2 3 4 "Bellshill's forgotten soccer hero was Juventus manager". www.motherwelltimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ↑ Juventus1897.it
- ↑ "Newcastle United - a statistical journey...". 28 September 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2016.