Jimmy Chalmers
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Chalmers[1] | ||
Date of birth | 3 December 1877 | ||
Place of birth | Old Luce, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 12 July 1915[2] | (aged 37)||
Place of death | Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey | ||
Position(s) | Outside left, inside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1896 | Beith | ||
1896–1897 | Morton | 18 | (8) |
1897–1898 | Sunderland | 26 | (6) |
1898–1899 | Preston North End | 10 | (2) |
1899–1900 | Notts County | 25 | (2) |
1900 | Beith | ||
1900–1901 | Partick Thistle | 6 | (0) |
1901–1902 | Watford | 30 | (5) |
1902–1904 | Tottenham Hotspur | 10 | (1) |
1904–1906 | Swindon Town | 62 | (13) |
1906–1908 | Norwich City | 14 | (2) |
Clyde | |||
Beith | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Chalmers (3 December 1877 – 12 July 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Sunderland, Notts County and Preston North End as a forward.[1] He also played in the Southern League for Swindon Town, Watford, Tottenham Hotspur and Norwich City.[3][4][5]
Personal life
Chalmers served as a private in the Royal Scots Fusiliers during the First World War and died of wounds suffered at Achi Baba Nullah, Gallipoli on 12 July 1915.[6][7] He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.[2]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Morton | 1896–97[8] | Scottish League Second Division | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 |
Sunderland | 1897–98[9] | First Division | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4 |
1898–99[10] | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
Total | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | ||
Partick Thistle | 1900–01[11] | Scottish League First Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Watford | 1901–02[12] | Southern League First Division | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 6 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 1902–03[5] | Southern League First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
1903–04[5] | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
Total | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
Swindon Town | 1904–05[3] | Southern League First Division | 31 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 11 |
1905–06[3] | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
Total | 62 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 13 | ||
Career total | 134 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 141 | 25 |
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 55. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ a b c "Jimmy Chalmers – Player Profile". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Burgess to Chung" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. p. 32. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ a b c "James Chalmers". 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "The Great War 100 Years Ago 1914 – 2014". Waford Football Club v Milllwall – First World War Commemorative Issue. 1 November 2014.
- ^ "12 July 1915". The Gallipoli Association. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ "1897–98 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "1898–99 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "1900–01". Partick Thistle history – The Early Years. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ "Seasons – 1900/01 to 1909/10" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2017. p. 2. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
Categories:
- 1877 births
- Footballers from Dumfries and Galloway
- Scottish men's footballers
- Men's association football outside forwards
- English Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- 1915 deaths
- Royal Scots Fusiliers soldiers
- Men's association football inside forwards
- Beith F.C. players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Preston North End F.C. players
- Notts County F.C. players
- Partick Thistle F.C. players
- Watford F.C. players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Clyde F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Scottish football forward, 1870s birth stubs