Geoff Chilvers | |
Birth Date: | 31 January 1925 |
Birth Place: | Sutton, UK |
Position: | Wing-half |
Years1: | ?–1942 |
Clubs1: | Sutton United |
Caps1: | ? |
Goals1: | ? |
Years2: | 1942–1954 |
Clubs2: | Crystal Palace |
Caps2: | 118 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 1954–? |
Clubs3: | Gravesend & Northfleet |
Caps3: | ? |
Goals3: | ? |
Geoff T. Chilvers (31 January 1925 – 1971)[1] was a professional footballer who made 118 appearances in the Football League for Crystal Palace as a wing-half. He also played non-league football for Sutton United and for Gravesend & Northfleet.
Chilvers began his career at Sutton United and signed for Crystal Palace in 1942.[2] He made his senior debut in a wartime, London League, 10–1 home win against Brighton on 3 January 1942.[3] However, that was his only appearance that season and he did not make a further appearance until March 1946, with a single game in the wartime Division Three South (South Region).[4]
Chilvers did not make his Football League debut until 2 October 1948 in a 1–3 home defeat to Walsall and went on to make 17 league appearances that season, scoring once.[5]
Over the subsequent five seasons, Chilvers made 15, 30, 22, 28 and 6 appearances respectively, without scoring[6] before moving on to Gravesend & Northfleet in 1954.[1] He made a total of 123 senior appearances for Palace including five in the FA Cup but excluding his wartime appearances.[2]
Geoff Chilvers died in 1971 aged 45 or 46.[1]