11 Facts About Wally Chalmers

Walter Henry Chalmers was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League.

Wally Chalmers played in that year's premiership side and in another premiership side the following year.

Wally Chalmers's career was interrupted by the First World War but he returned to Essendon in 1918 for one final season.

Wally Chalmers was the second of three sons of prominent Australian stage actors George Chalmers and Katie Towers.

George Wally Chalmers was the stage name of George Weeks and Wally Chalmers was born Walter Henry Weeks in Carlton, Victoria on 16 September 1890.

Wally Chalmers came to Essendon from the Carlton seconds, and commenced his career in the Victorian Football League in 1911.

Under the captaincy of David Smith and coaching tenure of Jack Worrall, Wally Chalmers played on the wing, and within the space of his first season, he came to be recognised as the best wingman in the entire league.

Wally Chalmers retained his position as a wingman for the game as Essendon defeated Collingwood by a goal, making Wally Chalmers a premiership player in his first ever season at the senior level.

In 1911, Wally Chalmers represented the VFL in matches against sides from the Ballarat Football League and the Bendigo Football League.

Wally Chalmers had once more played a premiership on the wing.

Wally Chalmers continued his career at Essendon through to 1915, after which Essendon withdrew from the competition due to World War I When the club re-entered the VFL in 1918, Chalmers continued playing for Essendon, switching his No 7 guernsey for No 2, although he would only play a further 6 games before his career at the senior level concluded.