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Fullname: Charles Geatons
aka: Chic Geatons
Born: July 16th 1907
Birthplace: Lochgelly
Signed: October 1927
Position: Right-Half
Internationals: N/A
International Caps N/A

Biog

Another famous Fife Celt, Charles 'Chic' Geatons, signed for the Hoops in October 1927 from Lochgelly 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.Chic was also the Celtic player who took over in goals at Ibrox on 5th September 1931 when John Thomson tragically received his accidental fatal injury.

Chic became the coach at Celtic Park in October 1946 - a position he held for four years before resigning in August 1950 as a protest at the way Celtic was being run.

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.

Chic Geatons died on 20th June 1970 in his hometown of Lochgelly - Jock Stein,Jommy McGrory,Matt Lynch and several other Celtic players of his time attended the Funeral Mass and Requiem.

Celtic Career Stats

APPEARANCES	LEAGUE	SCOTTISH CUP	LEAGUE CUP	EUROPE	TOTAL
1927-41	312*	33	N/A	N/A	345*

* = Totals include 26 Regional League games