11 Facts About Stevie Chalmers

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Thomas Stephen Chalmers was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre-forward and spent the majority of his career with Celtic.

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Stevie Chalmers is the club's fifth-highest goalscorer with 236 goals and is considered one of their greatest players.

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Stevie Chalmers is particularly known for scoring the winning goal in the 1967 European Cup Final against Inter Milan.

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Stevie Chalmers was born on 26 December 1935 in the Garngad district of Glasgow, where he attended St Roch's Secondary School.

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Stevie Chalmers then moved back to Scotland, signing with SJFA team Ashfield, and represented Scotland at that level in 1959.

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Stevie Chalmers spent 12 full seasons with Celtic, helping the club to six league titles, three Scottish Cups, and four League Cups, as well as being part of the Lisbon Lions side that won the 1967 European Cup.

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Stevie Chalmers scored the winning goal in the 85th minute of the final.

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Stevie Chalmers's involvement became limited after he broke a leg in the 1969 Scottish League Cup Final, and he missed the rest of that season including the 1970 European Cup Final.

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Stevie Chalmers was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2016.

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Stevie Chalmers won five full caps for Scotland between 1964 and 1966, scoring three goals.

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Stevie Chalmers was selected four times for the Scottish Football League XI.