{{short description|Scottish footballer (1907–1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Use British English|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Stewart Chalmers | image = | caption = | fullname = William Stewart Chalmers<ref name="Joyce" /> | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1907|3|5}} | birth_place = Cathcart, Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age |1989|11|13|1907|3|5|df=y}}<ref name="QPFC" /> | death_place = Saltcoats, Scotland | height = | position = Inside right |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Mount Florida | years1 = 1924–1929 |clubs1 = Queen's Park |caps1 = 92 |goals1 = 22 | years2 = 1929–1932 |clubs2 = Heart of Midlothian |caps2 = 55 |goals2 = 13 | years3 = 1932–1934 |clubs3 = Manchester United |caps3 = 34 |goals3 = 1 | years4 = 1934–1938 |clubs4 = Dunfermline Athletic |caps4 = 116 |goals4 = 20 | totalcaps= 297 | totalgoals = 56 | nationalyears1 = 1929 |nationalteam1 = Scotland |nationalcaps1 = 1 |nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''William Stewart Chalmers''' (5 March 1907 – 13 November 1989) was a Scottish amateur football inside right who played for Queens Park, Heart of Midlothian, Manchester United, Dunfermline Athletic and the Scotland national team.<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>
== Career == Chalmers was born and grew up in the southern Glasgow suburb of Mount Florida, in the vicinity of Hampden Park.<ref name="Lamming">{{cite book |last=Lamming |first=Douglas |title=A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who, 1872–1986 |publisher=Hutton Press |year=1987 |isbn=0-907033-47-4 }}</ref> He joined local side Queen's Park and played five seasons with them while he completed his studies.<ref name="QPFC">{{cite web|url=http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/c/chalmersws.htm|title=Name: Chalmers, William Stewart |website=www.qpfc.com|access-date=18 January 2021|quote=The source attributes seven appearances, 1 goal by Stewart Chalmers in the 1924-25 Scottish Division One season to Billy Chalmers, who played in the same position, but had moved from Queen's Park to Rangers in May 1924.}}</ref> He turned professional in 1929, when he joined Edinburgh side Heart of Midlothian.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/newplayers/h01043.html|title=W Stewart Chalmers – Hearts Career – from 10 Aug 1929 to 18 Apr 1932|website=www.londonhearts.com|access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref> He moved to Manchester United in September 1932 and then returned to Scotland with Dunfermline Athletic in 1934, where he finished his playing career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mufcinfo.com/manupag/a-z_player_archive/a-z_player_archive_pages/chalmers_william.html|title=William Chalmers – Manchester United Player Profile & Stats|website=www.mufcinfo.com|access-date=2016-10-16}}</ref><ref name=litsterprewar>{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}}</ref>
Chalmers played once for the Scotland national football team, against Ireland at Windsor Park in front of 30,000 people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/williamstewartchalmers.html|title= William Chalmers – Scotland Football Record from 23 Feb 1929 to 23 Feb 1929 clubs – Queens Park|website=www.londonhearts.com|access-date=2016-10-16}}</ref> The game ended 7–3 to Scotland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/res/7-3.html|title=7–3|website=www.londonhearts.com|access-date=2016-10-16}}</ref> He was one of the last players to be capped by the full national side while still an amateur.
Chalmers was a trained chartered accountant and continued in this profession after his playing retirement.<ref name="Lamming" />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chalmers, Stewart}} Category:1907 births Category:Footballers from Glasgow Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Scotland men's international footballers Category:Queen's Park F.C. players Category:Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Category:Manchester United F.C. players Category:Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Category:Men's association football inside forwards Category:1989 deaths Category:English Football League players Category:Scottish Football League players Category:Scottish accountants Category:Scotland men's amateur international footballers Category:20th-century Scottish businesspeople