Martin Chivers

Martin Chivers is the kind of footballer whose name carries an entire era. A towering Southampton-born forward, he gave six strong years to his hometown club before Tottenham broke the British transfer record to sign him in 1968, then repaid them with two League Cups and the 1972 UEFA Cup. That price tag was a statement of belief, and he honoured it. He passed away in early 2026, which gives his story a bittersweet weight as I write this. I think of him as a symbol of old-school English centre-forward play: physical, fearless, and proud. He earned the legend status he holds, and he deserves to be remembered.

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Name (English)

Martin Chivers

Name (Japanese)

マーティン・チバース

Reading

まーてぃん・ちばーす

Born

April 27, 1945 – January 7, 2026

Origin

Southampton, United Kingdom

Height

185 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rooster

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Chivers
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q577010

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.