Kenneth Chisholm was a Scottish

Scottish people

The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...

 footballer

Football (soccer)

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 who played for a number of teams in The Football League

The Football League

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 and the Scottish Football League

Scottish Football League

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 as a forward

Striker

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.

Club career

He began his professional footballing career at Queens Park before moving to Partick Thistle

Partick Thistle F.C.

Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football club from Glasgow. Despite their name, the club are based in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908...

 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

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

 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

Coventry City F.C.

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 in 1950, he made 68 appearances and scored 34 goals for the club before transferring to Cardiff City

Cardiff City F.C.

Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...

 in March 1952. He made his debut in a 6-1 defeat against Sheffield United

Sheffield United F.C.

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 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

Wilf Grant

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 the following season, netting his only hattrick for the club in October 1953 in a 5-0 victory over Charlton Athletic

Charlton Athletic F.C.

Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...

. Chisholm left the Cardiff to sign for Sunderland and made his debut for them on 1 January 1954 against Aston Villa

Aston Villa F.C.

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 in a 2–0 win at Roker Park

Roker Park

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 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

Workington A.F.C.

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 in 1956, before a short spell at Glentoran

Glentoran F.C.

Glentoran F.C. is a semi-professional, football club in Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 and plays its home games at the Oval in east Belfast. Club colours are green, red, and black.Glentoran's biggest rivals are Linfield...

just before his retirement.