Allenby Chilton
<templatestyles src="Module:Infobox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Allenby C. Chilton[1] | ||
Date of birth | 16 September 1918 | ||
Place of birth | South Hylton, England | ||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Centre-half | ||
Youth career | |||
Hylton Colliery | |||
Seaham Colliery | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1938 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
1938–1955 | Manchester United | 352 | (3) |
1955–1956 | Grimsby Town | 63 | (0) |
International career | |||
1950–1951 | England | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1955–1959 | Grimsby Town | ||
1960–1961 | Wigan Athletic | ||
1962–1963 | Hartlepools United | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Allenby C. Chilton[1] (16 September 1918 – 15 June 1996) was an English footballer.
Chilton started his career with Seaham Colliery before joining Liverpool as an amateur in the summer of 1938, but he never played a senior game for the Anfield club.
Chilton transferred to Manchester United soon after in November 1938 and made his first team debut against Charlton Athletic in September 1939. Chilton's early career was cut short by the Second World War although he made guest appearances for Airdrieonians, Cardiff City, Hartlepools United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United and Charlton Athletic who he helped to win the War Cup South Final in 1944. He served in the Durham Light Infantry and saw active service in the Normandy Landings also in 1944.
Chilton established himself as a centre half in Matt Busby's first post-war team and helped United to triumph in the 1948 FA Cup and was a key member of the 1952 league championship winning team. He was made club captain during the 1953–54 season. Having missed just 13 games in nine seasons at United and with 175 consecutive appearances to his name, Chilton requested a rest from first team action in early 1955. He was replaced by Mark Jones, one of the rising Busby Babes, and never returned to first team action. He left the club in March 1955 to become player-manager with Grimsby Town. He joined the Mariners late in the 1954–55 season and was unable to stop them having to apply for re-election, but the following season under his management they were champions of Division Three North – the only club ever to go from re-election to promotion in one season.
Chilton continued as manager at Grimsby Town until April 1959 when he joined Wigan Athletic as manager for one season during 1960–61. Chilton joined Hartlepools United as a scout for the 1961–62 season and became manager during 1962–63. Chilton made 432 appearances and scored three goals for United and made two international appearances for England.
Chilton died on 15 June 1996, at the age of 77.
References
Sporting positions | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by | Manchester United captain 1953–1955 |
Succeeded by Roger Byrne |
Script error: The function "top" does not exist.
Script error: The function "bottom" does not exist.
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1918 births
- 1996 deaths
- English footballers
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Manchester United F.C. players
- Hartlepool United F.C. wartime guest players
- Middlesbrough F.C. wartime guest players
- Newcastle United F.C. wartime guest players
- Charlton Athletic F.C. wartime guest players
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- English football managers
- England international footballers
- Grimsby Town F.C. managers
- Wigan Athletic F.C. managers
- Hartlepool United F.C. managers
- 1954 FIFA World Cup players
- The Football League players
- People from Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
- Durham Light Infantry soldiers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) wartime guest players
- Cardiff City F.C. wartime guest players