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Wilf Chitty

Wilf Chitty

English footballer


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]

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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]

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References

  1. "Wilf Chitty". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  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)
  4. "Wilf Chitty". 11v11.com. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. "Wilf Chitty". GoS-DB. Retrieved 20 July 2020.



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