Billy Chalmers

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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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Joyce was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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. ^ "Bellshill's forgotten soccer hero was Juventus manager". www.motherwelltimes.co.uk. 1 August 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  5. ^ Juventus1897.it[dead link]