Ken Chisholm

Ken Chisholm

Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Chisholm
Date of birth	(1925-04-12)12 April 1925
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	1990 (aged 64–65)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1941–1946	Queens Park
1946–1948	Partick Thistle	34	(13)
1948–1949	Leeds United	40	(17)
1949–1950	Leicester City	42	(17)
1950–1952	Coventry City	68	(34)
1952–1953	Cardiff City	63	(13)
1953–1956	Sunderland	78	(33)
1956–1958	Workington	39	(15)
Managerial career
1958	Glentoran
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenneth Chisholm (born 12 April 1925 at Glasgow, died 1990) was a Scottish footballer who played for a number of teams in The Football League and the Scottish Football League as a forward.

Club career

He began his professional footballing career at Queens Park before moving to Partick Thistle in 1946 where he made 34 appearances and scored 13 goals. He then moved to Leeds United where he played from 1948 to 1949 scoring 17 goals in 40 appearances. Leicester City was his next move as he signed for the Foxes in 1949 and went on to make 42 appearances scoring 17 goals.

Chisholm made the switch to Midlands rivals Coventry City in 1950, he made 68 appearances and scored 34 goals for the club before transferring to Cardiff City in March 1952. He made his debut in a 6-1 defeat against Sheffield United but went on to score 8 times in the last 11 games of the season to help secure promotion for the club. He finished as top scorer in his first season and shared top league scorer with Wilf Grant the following season, netting his only hattrick for the club in October 1953 in a 5-0 victory over Charlton Athletic. Chisholm left the Cardiff to sign for Sunderland and made his debut for them on 1 January 1954 against Aston Villa in a 2–0 win at Roker Park where he also scored a goal. At his time at the club he made 78 league appearances scoring 33 goals. He finished his career with Workington in 1956, before a short spell at Glentoran just before his retirement.