James Chalmers (born 3 December 1877) was a professional footballer who played for a number of clubs in England and Scotland from the turn of the century from the late 1800s into the early 1900s.

James Chalmers
Personal information
Date of birth (1877-12-03)3 December 1877
Place of birth Old Luce, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Outside-left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Greenock Morton
1897–1898 Sunderland
1898–1900 Preston North End
1900–1901 Notts County
1901–1902 Watford
1902–1904 Tottenham Hotspur 10 (1)
1904–1906 Swindon Town
1906–1908 Norwich City
1908–1909 Bristol Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Chalmers began his career in Scotland with Greenock Morton before moving to England to play for Sunderland.[1] After one season he moved to Preston North End and continued this with Notts County and Watford.[1] In May 1902 Tottenham Hotspur signed Chalmers to be understudy to Jack Kirwan.[1] Chalmers first game for Tottenham was in a friendly against Cambridge University.[1] He played in the Western League first and his Southern League league debut for Spurs occurred later in the season on 17 January 1903 which was an away game against Northampton Town where Tottenham lost 3–1.[1][2] He was a member of the squad that went on the win the London League title in the 1902–03 season.[1][2] Chalmers was released from the club in 1904 and then moved to Swindon Town. He then had spells with Norwich City and Bristol Rovers before retiring.[1]

Honours

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Tottenham Hotspur

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Goodwin 1992, p. 71.
  2. ^ a b Soar 1995, p. 236.

Bibliography

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  • Soar, Phil (1995). Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882–1995. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.
  • Goodwin, Bob (1992). The Spurs Alphabet. ACL & Polar Publishing (UK) Ltd. ISBN 0-9514862-8-4.