Chris Weller (footballer)

Chris Weller

Personal information
Full name	Christopher William Weller
Date of birth	(1939-12-25)25 December 1939
Place of birth	Reading, England
Date of death	4 June 2018(2018-06-04) (aged 78)
Place of death	Wimborne Minster, England
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1959	Reading
1959–1965	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
1965–1966	Bristol Rovers	3	(0)
1966–1967	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
1967–1973	Yeovil Town	218	(102)
1973–1975	Salisbury City
1975–1977	Poole Town
1977–1978	Ringwood Town
1978–????	Holt United
Managerial career
1978–1983	Holt United (player-manager)
1983–1985	Shaftesbury
1985–1987	Holt United
1987–1989	Wimborne Town
1989–1992	Brockenhurst
1992–1993	Wimborne Town
1993–????	Bournemouth F.C. (coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christopher William Weller (25 December 1939 – 4 June 2018) was a professional association footballer who played as a forward for eight different clubs over a 20-year career.

He began his career with his home town club, Reading, for whom he played as an amateur, before moving on to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (now known as A.F.C. Bournemouth) in 1959. He made 111 appearances, scoring 26 goals, in two spells with The Cherries which was interspersed with a brief stint at Bristol Rovers, where he played three games. After departing Bournemouth in 1967 he spent the remainder of his career playing and managing in non-League football around the south of England.

External links

• "Chris Weller". Barry Hugman's Footballers.