Geoff Chilvers

Geoff Chilvers
Personal information
Date of birth	31 January 1925
Place of birth	Sutton, UK
Date of death	1971 (aged 45–46)
Position(s)	Wing-half
Senior career*
Years	Team
?–1942	Sutton United
1942–1954	Crystal Palace
1954–?	Gravesend & Northfleet
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Playing career

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]

Personal life

Geoff Chilvers died in 1971 aged 45 or 46.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c King, Ian (April 2012). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–2011. The Derby Books Publishing Company. p. 534. ISBN 9781780910468.
^ ^a ^b Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 320. ISBN 0907969542.
^ Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. pp. 176–7. ISBN 0907969542.
^ Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. pp. 178–85. ISBN 0907969542.
^ Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. pp. 186–91. ISBN 0907969542.
^ Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. pp. 192–201. ISBN 0907969542.