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Place of Birth: Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe
About Bobby Chalmers
- Robert Barry Lionel "Bobby" Chalmers (born 19 February 1941) is a former association football forward who played professionally for the Rhodesia national team and various clubs in South Africa, where he scored 303 goals in all competitions, making him the all-time top goalscorer in the now-defunct South African National Football League.
- Considered one of the best players ever from present-day Zimbabwe, Chalmers captained the Rhodesian team during its unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the 1970 FIFA World Cup, and was its leading goalscorer.
- In a profile published in 1980, Chalmers was described by journalist Glen Byrom as a "perfect gentleman and sportsman ...
- Southern Africa's crown prince of soccer".Growing up in a sporting family in Bulawayo, Chalmers showed promise in rugby and cricket as well as football.
- While still an amateur, he played three times for Rhodesia in 1961, in friendly matches against touring English clubs.
- The following year he moved with his new wife to Durban, South Africa, where he signed for Durban City as a professional.
- After two years playing on the wing, he became City's centre-forward during the 1964 season and was a great success, scoring 58 goals in all competitions that season and helping his team to win that year's Castle Cup, uniquely scoring a hat-trick in the final.
- He also performed strongly for a league all-star team in an exhibition game against Real Madrid in September 1964, scoring twice and afterwards receiving praise from visiting defender José Santamaria, a Uruguay international. In 1966, he was transferred from City to their cross-town rivals, Durban United, for what was then a South African record fee of R20,000.
- After two successful years with United, he moved again to Maritzburg, where he remained for the rest of his career.
- In 1969, he was recalled by Rhodesia to captain the national side in its bid to qualify for the World Cup for the first time.
- As a white man in a mostly black team, he was aided in this task by his fluent proficiency in both Sindebele and Shona.
- Rhodesia were pitted against a strongly fancied Australian team, but held their opponents to a draw in two successive matches before losing a play-off decider 3–1.
- Chalmers retired from playing in 1974, forced out of professional soccer by a knee injury, and became a public relations officer for a Durban hotel chain.
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