Billy Chalmers

{{short description|Scottish footballer and manager}} {{other people||William Chalmers (disambiguation){{!}}William Chalmers}} {{Use British English|date=April 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = William Chalmers | image = | caption = | fullname = William Chalmers<ref name="Joyce" /> | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1907|7|24}} | birth_place = Bellshill, Scotland | death_date = {{Death year and age|1980|1907}} | height = 5 ft 9 in<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-guide-1936-xi-d/134447459/ |title=Notts County. 19 professionals on the books |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=xi |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | position = Inside right |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Bellshill Athletic | years1 = 1922–1924 | years2 = 1924–1928 | years3 = 1928–1931 | years4 = 1931–1932 | years5 = 1932–1936 | years6 = 1936–1938 | years7 = 1938–1943 | clubs1 = Queen's Park | clubs2 = Rangers | clubs3 = Newcastle United | clubs4 = Grimsby Town<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lamming|first1=Douglas|title=A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890–1985|date=1985|publisher=Hutton|location=Beverley|isbn=0-907033-34-2|page=28}}</ref> | clubs5 = Bury | clubs6 = Notts County | clubs7 = Aldershot | caps1 = 46 | goals1 = 12 | caps2 = 19 | goals2 = 5 |caps3 = 41 |goals3 = 13 |caps4 = 6 |goals4 = 1 |caps5 = 98 |goals5 = 23 |caps6 = 65 |goals6 = 17 |caps7 = 36 |goals7 = 9 | totalcaps= 311 | totalgoals = 80 | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = Ebbw Vale | manageryears2 = 1948–1949 | managerclubs2 = Juventus }} '''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;<ref name="Yule">{{cite web | accessdate=2016-10-16 | url=http://www.motherwelltimes.co.uk/sport/local-sport/bellshill_s_forgotten_soccer_hero_was_juventus_manager_1_279535 | title=Bellshill's forgotten soccer hero was Juventus manager |date=1 August 2007| website=www.motherwelltimes.co.uk}}</ref> he is the one of two Scottish managers in the club's history.<ref>[http://www.juventus1897.it/allenatori-scheda.asp?idallenatore=11&dati=1 Juventus1897.it]{{dead link|date=October 2016}}</ref>

==Biography== Born in Bellshill, Scotland,<ref name="Joyce">{{Cite book|title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939|last=Joyce|first=Michael|publisher=Tony Brown|year=2012|isbn=978-1905891610|location=Nottingham|page=55}}</ref> as a player Chalmers appeared for various clubs as a forward.<ref name="Joyce" /> After starting out in Glasgow with Queen's Park<ref>[http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/c/chalmersaw.htm Chalmers, William] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424142826/http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/c/chalmersaw.htm |date=24 April 2023 }}, 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).</ref> 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),<ref>[http://www.fitbastats.com/rangers/player.php?playerid=1687 Rangers player Chalmers, William], FitbaStats</ref> he was transferred to Newcastle United in March 1928 for £2,500.<ref name="Yule" />

At Newcastle he played alongside club legend Hughie Gallacher, who was also born in Bellshill.<ref name="Yule" /> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khscott.org.uk/nufc/template_player.php?thisPage=1&totalRows=42&pid=140 |title=Newcastle United - a statistical journey... |date=28 September 2007 |accessdate=16 October 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928024619/http://www.khscott.org.uk/nufc/template_player.php?thisPage=1&totalRows=42&pid=140 |archivedate=28 September 2007}}</ref>

After his retirement from playing, Chalmers managed Ebbw Vale, Juventus and coached at former club Bury.<ref name="Yule" />

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