His runs, twists and turns could unsettle the most experienced defenders and his speed off the mark and his positional sense made him a constant threat in the box.
Although goal scoring records and match reports of the time were at best sketchy and incomplete, it is widely accepted within the corridors of power in the Creagan Dubh that 'Chuck' easily boasts the title of club record goal scorer.
Hauls of 40 goals a season were a regular occurrence for the goal-den boy of the Creagan Dubh. At least two seasons in a row, Lochs bagged 80 league goals with Chuck helping himself to the majority of them.
"I actually started with Laxdale and the Sea Cadets. They were my first teams in football in the junior leagues. They needed a goalkeeper and I wanted to play so I played in goals for a good few years," said Chuck.
"I moved to the mainland and I continued as a goalie there. I was playing for Balmacara in Skye against the likes of Plockton and Kyle and I really enjoyed it and I was named as sportsman of the year in my second year there.
"I wasn't only playing football I was playing shinty as well.
"I came back home, but at the time Lochs didn't have a league team, so although I played in the Eilean an Fhraoich for them I had to play with Stornoway United in the league.
"I played all over for Lochs at centre-half, left-half, right-half, outside right, outside left and finally centre forward. I didn't mind where I played.
"We had a very strong team with United and we won the league a couple of times, but during my time with them I moved to Glasgow and I would be flown home sometimes for games for United and for Lochs."
Despite the fact Lochs didn't have a league team, the Maroons remained a powerful force in the Eilean an Fhraoich Cup and 'Chuck' was an integral part of the side, which won the oldest football competition in the Western Isles for the first time in 1959. Lochs bested the West Side 2 – 0 with 'Chuck' getting his name on the score sheet.
A year later they retained it with a 4 – 0 win over Point and this was the season in which they registered the record aggregate score in the Eilean an Fhraoich Cup, where they beat Harris 13 – 1 and 9 – 1 to register a 22 – 1 aggregate.
Lochs rejoined the league in 1962 and in their first year back they finished third in the league. This proved to be the only trophy which eluded 'Chuck' with Lochs although he picked this during his time with United.
'Chuck' won five Eilean an Fhraoich Cup medals, two Lewis Cups, an Autumn Cup and a Spring Cup with Lochs but his heaving trophy cabinet also boasts the medals he won in Stornoway and during his exploits on the other side of the Minch.
"While I was on the mainland I spent some time training and played a few games with Third Lanark. Bob Shankley was in charge of them, the brother of Liverpool legend Bill, and he was very strict. Too strict for Chuck," he laughed.
"I also played in the Churches League. There were a lot of ex-professionals in that league and I loved playing there. We travelled to Belfast one year where we played at Windsor Park against an Irish Select. We won 3 – 1 and I scored twice that day."
In 1965 he scored seven goals in a single match for Lochs against Carloway and to prove his sharp-shooting was no fluke he repeated the trick the following season by scoring seven against Rovers.
On route to lifting the Spring Cup that same season, Lochs scored 14 goals with Chuck scoring ten of them.
The 1972 Lewis Cup Final is remembered in local football history as the 'Chuck Final' due to his incredible four-goal performance; tipping the scale in Lochs' balance against the mighty Aths of that time, 4 – 3.
'Chuck' played 12 times for the Lewis Select, scoring four goals, yet many of his appearances for them were not as a striker, but every trip to the mainland was full of laughs, and often at his team mates' expense, revealed Chuck with a smile.
"I always enjoyed travelling with the Select and I remember one trip to Strathpeffer well. Charlie Crawford and Tabbi were going up and down in the lift when it got stuck between the floors. If that wasn't enough then Charlie came up to the room and started diving across the beds and messing around.
"There were two beds in each room and on one dive he missed the bed and slid right underneath the other. The beds were screwed to the floor so they had to unbolt the beds and everything to get him out because he was trapped, it was hilarious. Charlie was a great laugh and a good keeper too.
"Another game I remember well when I was playing for the Select was against a Highland League Select. I was captain that night and they had me playing at centre-half and I had six stitches in my knee at the time."
Lochs were a feared cup team throughout the 1960s yet the big prize of the League title always seemed to elude them, but in 1967 the Maroons came desperately close to clinching their first ever league title.
They squared off against the Builders on the final day of the season with Lochs needing only a draw for their first title but they agonisingly lost 2 – 1.
"It was a horrible feeling when the Builders beat us and we lost the league that year but I insist that the goal they scored to beat us never went in.
"It went in the side netting but it was getting dark and the referee gave the goal. I know that it never went in and it was terrible to lose the league like that.
"Another of the most sickening defeats I can remember was when we lost 4 – 3 to Back. This was the EAF final of 1971 and we were 3 – 0 up and we really threw the game away.
"I also have some good memories of the EAF Cup and I remember one away trip to play Bernera very well.
"We were playing on a terrible pitch which on one end was like the Sahara desert while the other end was over run with rushes.
"We got a free-kick which I lined up to take. I kicked it but the ball literally didn't move in the rushes. It turned out there was a big piece of metal which looked like the half-shaft of a lorry half submerged in the ground. I chipped a bone in my ankle and had to go off."
Another of 'Chuck's everlasting memories of his time with Lochs was getting changed before and after matches at the Creagan Dubh on an old bus in the car park.
"Every weekend another window would be broken and it was absolutely freezing getting changed in there," he added.
The goal grabber retired from the local game at the age of 40 and he admits he was lucky injury-wise throughout his career. Looking back over a trophy-laden career with two of Lewis' footballs greatest clubs, there are a hat-trick of players who stand out more than most for 'Chuck'.
He continued: "I would say that the best player I ever played with would be Kenny Macsween. He really was something else. He had everything and because he was so small it was really hard to get to him. Rob Macleod was a good player too though.
"The hardest opponent I ever had would be Kenny 'Sgiathanach' Macdonald from Back. He was a very tough man and always hard to beat.
"Alasdair 'Billy' Macleod was a good player and very fast but his brother Donnie 'Massa' Macleod was better. He had class but like Kenny Macsween he was sadly taken down in his prime.
"Aths were a very good team when I was playing; Point were also very strong but the United team I played with in the early days were one of the best too.
"I enjoy watching the Lochs team of today and they are doing very well and they have some really good players like the Mackenzie boys, David Macmillan and David Martin but my favourite is Andy Murray."
Eager to draw Chuck off the fence, I ask him whether his own talented pool of Lochs heroes would fare against the current side who have become - far and away - the most successful in the club's history.
"It may be quite debateable but I think we would beat them no problem," he adds with a mischievous grin.



SELECT DREAM TEAM

Charlie Crawford (Aths / Lochs)

Donaulay Mackay (Point)
Cab Stewart (Back)

Norrie 'Eggs' Mackenzie (Aths)
Murdo 'Bloxy' Murray (Back)
Rob Macleod (Lochs)

Tom Mackenzie (Aths)
John 'Piseag' Macdonald (Back)
Kenny 'Bobbans' Macdonald (Aths)
Mocco Quinn (Aths)
Alex Dan Campbell (Point)

Subs – 'Gam' Murray, Ally 'Suggan', 'Tiger' Macarthur, Ian Crichton, Calum Finlayson.