fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place height position birth_date article_title name
christopher roy chilton 1971-1972 1972-1974 1974-1978 coventry city bridlington trinity highlands park 415 27 222 3 sproatley , england 5 11 striker 25 june 1943 chris chilton
 chris chilton
chris chilton

christopher roy `` chris '' chilton -lrb- born 25 june 1943 in sproatley , yorkshire -rrb- is an english former footballer who played in the football league for hull city and coventry city .
chilton played as an inside forward for church league side bilton , but after joining hull city he played at centre forward .
he is hull city 's all-time top scorer , with 222 goals in all competitions .
he was renowned for his partnership with fellow striker ken wagstaff , the taller , unselfish chilton proving to be the perfect foil to the stocky , more predatory wagstaff .
both players were deemed unlucky not to gain international honours - although both played for an england league xi in representative games .
despite numerous offers to move to other clubs - notably tottenham hotspur and leeds united .
chilton remained loyal to his local club for the majority of his career .
he finally left for a short spell at coventry city which ended due to a back injury .
there then followed a spell in south african football with highlands park fc -lrb- 1974 -- 1978 -rrb- before he returned to the uk , taking up a variety of coaching positions at his beloved hull city .
he was youth-team manager and responsible for the development of future england manager steve mcclaren and england international winger brian marwood amongst others .
another notable achievement was the mentoring which resulted in the development of hard-man striker billy whitehurst , who was eventually sold for a huge profit - having arrived from non-league football for a nominal fee .
chilton eventually became assistant first-team manager under colin appleton and later brian horton and for a short-spell - also caretaker manager - following the sacking of mike smith .
he was however eventually moved back to youth-team coach by horton , who promoted dennis booth in his place .
apart from a short spell as assistant manager at lincoln city , chilton has had little to do with the game since , although he published his autobiography ` chillo ' in 2005 .
he is retired and currently lives in thorngumbald , east riding of yorkshire .
