Stevie Chalmers

Stevie Chalmers

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Stephen Chalmers
Date of birth	(1936-12-26) 26 December 1936
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s)	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1953–1955	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
1955–1956	Newmarket Town
1956–1959	Ashfield
1959–1971	Celtic	261	(155)
1971–1972	Morton	32	(8)
1972–1975	Partick Thistle	44	(6)
Total		337	(169)
International career
1964–1966	Scotland	5	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:54, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Stevie Chalmers (born 26 December 1936 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward. He is best remembered for scoring the winning goal for Celtic in the 1967 European Cup Final against Inter Milan.

Chalmers played for 13 seasons for Celtic between February 1959 and September 1971, helping the side to 6 league titles, 3 Scottish Cups and 5 League Cups, as well as being part of the Lisbon Lions side. After leaving Parkhead, he had brief spells with Greenock Morton and Partick Thistle before his playing retirement in 1975. (He did make a very brief comeback with St Roch's during the 1975–76 season.)

His career being most successful at Celtic, Stevie Chalmers scored the fourth most goals for the club and is remembered as one of the greatest players ever for Celtic. Chalmers' son Paul would also later play for Celtic. Chalmers' father, David, played for Clydebank.

External links

• Newcastle Fans profile
• Stevie Chalmers at the Scottish Football Association