Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Stephen Chalmers | ||
Date of birth | 26 December 1935 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 29 April 2019 | (aged 83)||
Position(s) | Centre forward / Outside right | ||
Youth career | |||
1953–1955 | Kirkintilloch Rob Roy | ||
1955–1956 | Newmarket Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1956–1959 | Ashfield | ||
1959 | Dumbarton (trialist) | 1 | (0) |
1959–1971 | Celtic | 263 | (155) |
1971–1972 | Morton | 32 | (8) |
1972–1975 | Partick Thistle | 44 | (6) |
Total | 340 | (169) | |
International career | |||
1962–1967 | Scottish League XI | 4 | (0) |
1964–1966 | Scotland | 5 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Stephen Chalmers (26 December 1935 – 29 April 2019) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre-forward and spent the majority of his career with Celtic. He is the club's fifth-highest goalscorer with 236 goals and is considered one of their greatest players. He is particularly known for scoring the winning goal in the 1967 European Cup Final against Inter Milan. Chalmers later played for Morton and Partick Thistle. He also represented Scotland five times in international matches.