Wilf Chitty

Wilf Chitty
Personal information
Full name	Wilfred Sidney Chitty
Date of birth	10 July 1912
Place of birth	Walton-on-Thames, England
Date of death	2 February 1997 (aged 84)
Place of death	Caterham, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Outside forward, right back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1928–	Wycombe Wanderers
0000–1930	Woking
1930–1938	Chelsea
1938–1939	Plymouth Argyle
1939–1947	Reading
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wilfred Sidney Chitty (10 July 1912 – 2 February 1997) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Chelsea, Reading and Plymouth Argyle as an outside forward.^[1]^[3] He later served West Ham United as a youth coach.^[2]

Personal life

Chitty was exempt from military service during the Second World War.^[2] In 1944, he was injured when a V-1 flying bomb fell near his Caterham home.^[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chelsea	1931–32^[4]	First Division	6	1	0	0	6	1
	1932–33^[4]	First Division	6	2	0	0	6	2
	1933–34^[4]	First Division	5	1	0	0	5	1
	1935–36^[4]	First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
	1936–37^[4]	First Division	8	1	0	0	8	1
	1937–38^[4]	First Division	19	11	1	0	20	11
	Total		45	16	1	0	46	16
Plymouth Argyle	1938–39^[5]	Second Division	3	0	0	0	3	0
Career total			48	16	1	0	49	16

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Wilf Chitty". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). p. 22. Retrieved 18 July 2020.^{[dead link]}
^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0. OCLC 841581272.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Wilf Chitty". 11v11.com. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
^ "Wilf Chitty". GoS-DB. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

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[Hugman-1] "Wilf Chitty". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[Kaufman-2] Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). p. 22. Retrieved 18 July 2020.^{[dead link]}

[3] Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0. OCLC 841581272.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:0-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Wilf Chitty". 11v11.com. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[5] "Wilf Chitty". GoS-DB. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

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