Lawrence Chelin

Lawrence Chelin
Personal information
Date of birth	24 August 1958
Date of death	23 June 2020 (aged 61)
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Arcadia Shepherds
	Durban United
	Durban City
1981	Atlanta Chiefs
International career
1976	South Africa Invitational XI
1977	South Africa
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lawrence Chelin (24 August 1958 – 23 June 2020) was a South African professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Chelin played for Arcadia Shepherds‚ Durban United and Durban City,^[2] as well as for American team the Atlanta Chiefs in 1981.^[1] With Durban City he won the National Soccer League in 1985 and 1986.^[2]

He also played for the multiracial South Africa Invitational XI in 1976, and for the national team in 1977.^[2]

He died on 23 June 2020 from leukemia.^[2]

Style of play

Former South Africa captain Neil Tovey described Chelin as similar to Eden Hazard, being "skilful [sic] and unbelievably quick, especially over the first five metres".^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "NASL-Lawrence Chelin". www.nasljerseys.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "South African football legend Lawrence Chelin has died". HeraldLIVE.
^ Tovey, Neil; Landheer, Ernest (April 2019). A Captain's Journey. Penguin Random House South Africa. ISBN 9781776094035.

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[auto1-1] "NASL-Lawrence Chelin". www.nasljerseys.com.

[auto-2] "South African football legend Lawrence Chelin has died". HeraldLIVE.

[3] Tovey, Neil; Landheer, Ernest (April 2019). A Captain's Journey. Penguin Random House South Africa. ISBN 9781776094035.

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