Chris Duffy (footballer, born 1918)

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Chris Duffy

| image =

| fullname = Christopher Duffy{{Hugman|5501|accessdate=9 August 2018}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1918|10|21}}

| birth_place = Methil, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1978|02|20|1918|10|21|df=y}}

| death_place = Consett, England

| height =

| position = Outside left

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Wellesley Juniors

| years1 = 1936–1945

| clubs1 = Leith Athletic

| caps1 = 63

| goals1 = 13

| years2 = 1946–1953

| clubs2 = Charlton Athletic

| caps2 = 162

| goals2 = 33

}}

Christopher Duffy (21 October 1918 – 20 February 1978) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left winger in the English Football League. He scored the only goal for Charlton Athletic in extra time in the 1947 FA Cup Final, against Burnley.{{cite news|newspaper=The Observer|title=The Cup winners – the fifties|url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/osm/story/0,,642348,00.html|date=3 February 2002|accessdate=10 August 2018}}

Duffy, a fast and intelligent winger, first came to Charlton Athletic as a war time guest player. A modest fee of £330 persuaded his home club, Leith Athletic{{cite web|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012|url=https://www.pmfc.co.uk/prewar.html}} to relinquish his services when he was demobilised from the armed forces. His appearance against Burnley was his third Cup Final. He aided Charlton against Chelsea in the 1944 "South" Final and against Derby County the following year.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}