Christopher "Chris" Garland is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Bristol City, Chelsea and Leicester City in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He was capped once by England at under-23 level. A forward, Garland began his professional career with Bristol City, for whom he played from 1965 to 1971. While with City he won his only international cap, for England under-23 against their Bulgarian counterparts in 1970. He scored 31 goals in 143 League games for the club, before joining Chelsea for �100,000 at the start of the 1971?72 season, although he did not score until December, when he scored a crucial goal in a League Cup semi-final win over Tottenham Hotspur. He also played in the final, in which Chelsea lost to Stoke City. Garland moved on to Leicester City in 1974 having scored 31 goals in 114 appearances for Chelsea. Less than two years later, after playing 55 League games for Leicester, he returned to Bristol City, who had just won promotion to the First Division after 65 years away. 

April 24th, 1949 in Bristol  /  Died:   Jul 13th, 2023 - 74, Parkinson's disease