Ken Chisholm

Walter Watkins (born 12 April 1925 at Glasgow, Scotland) was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland 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.cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/kenchisholm.htm|title=Ken Chisholm|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database|accessdate=2008-09-04] He then moved to Leeds United where he played from 1947 to 1949 scoring 17 goals in 40 appearances. Leicester City was his next move as he signed for the Foxes in 1948 and went on to make 42 appearances scoring 17 goals.

Chisholm made the switch to Midlands rivals Coventry City in 1949, he made 68 appearances and scored 34 goals for the club before transfering to Cardiff City. Chisholm then signed 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. [cite web|url=http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Imatchdets/IMD2472.asp|title=Sunderland 2-0 Aston Villa|publisher=The Stat Cat|accessdate=2008-09-04] At his time at the club he made 78 league appearances scoring 33 goals. [cite web|url=http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Mplayers/MPG224.asp|title=Ken Chisholm|publisher=The Stat Cat|accessdate=2008-09-04] He finished his career with Workington in 1956, before a short spell at Glentoran just before his retirement.

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