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Another famous Fife Celt, Charles 'Chic' Geatons, signed for the Hoops in October 1927 from Louchgelly Celtic as a raw youngster who Willie Maley believed would go on to be a top class defender.

Geatons eventually made his debut as a right-back on March 16th 1929 when Celtic drew 2-2 in a league clash at Parkhead with Aberdeen. He would eventually establish himself as the regular right-half but his versatility allowed him to slot into any position in the defence.

As a stalwart in the Celtic defence Geatons was a tough tackling player who played the game with the minimum of fuss and with maximum efficency. He would typically win the ball from attackers and then in just a few touches would play an accurate pass to his forwards and set up a Celtic attack.

There have been few players in the history of Celtic who were as consistantly reliable and solid as Geatons and few have fought so hard for the cause.

In his Parkhead career Geatons won a single league championship and three Scottish Cups plus the Empire Exhibition Trophy. He eventually retired as an undisputed Celtic great in 1941 after 319 appearances and 13 goals.