Name Stevie Chalmers Playing position Role Footballer | Position Forward | |
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Full name Thomas Stephen Chalmers Date of birth (1936-12-26) 26 December 1936 (age 78) | ||
Celtic stevie chalmers goal v rangers 1963
Thomas Stephen Chalmers (born 26 December 1935) is a Scottish former 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.
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- Celtic stevie chalmers goal v rangers 1963
- Rest in peace Stevie Chalmers Youll Never Walk Alone
- Club
- International
- Personal life
- Honours
- References
Rest in peace, Stevie Chalmers. You'll Never Walk Alone.
Club
Born in the Garngad district of Glasgow where he attended St Roch's Secondary School, Chalmers began his football career in the Junior grade, most prominently with Ashfield, representing Scotland at that level in 1959. Shortly afterwards he signed for Celtic, making his league debut in March 1959.
He would go on to spend 12 full seasons with the Hoops, helping the club to six league titles, three Scottish Cups and four League Cups, as well as being part of the 'Lisbon Lions' side. His involvement became limited after he broke a leg in the 1969 Scottish League Cup Final, missing the rest of that season including another European final. His total of 236 goals ranks as the fifth-highest in the history of the club and he is remembered as one of the greatest players ever for Celtic.
After leaving Celtic Park in September 1971 aged 35, Chalmers continued to appear in Scotland's top tier, with spells at Greenock Morton and Partick Thistle before his playing retirement in 1975. (He did make a very brief comeback with junior club St Roch's during the 1975–76 season. He was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2016.
International
Chalmers received five full caps for Scotland between 1964 and 1966, scoring three goals. He was also selected four times for the Scottish Football League XI.
Personal life
Chalmers's father David had played for Clydebank in the 1920s, and his son Paul also played professionally with several clubs after starting his career with Celtic in the 1980s.
In 1955 he was diagnosed with tuberculosis meningitis and was given only weeks to live before being successfully treated (the doctor was a fan of Rangers).
In 2017 it was confirmed that 81-year-old Chalmers was suffering from dementia (the same condition which afflicted his captain at Celtic, Billy McNeill) and was unable to attend the Lisbon Lions 50th anniversary events.
Honours
1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69