Frederick Chapman (footballer)

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Frederick Chapman
Personal information
Full name Frederick William Chapman[1]
Date of birth (1883-05-10)10 May 1883[1]
Place of birth Nottingham, England[1]
Date of death 7 September 1951(1951-09-07) (aged 68)[1]
Place of death Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire,
England[1]
Position(s) Centre-half
Youth career
Notts Magdala
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1904–1906 Nottingham Forest 3 (0)
South Nottingham
Oxford City
South Nottingham
Southall
Brentford
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Olympic medal record
Men's football
Representing  Great Britain
Gold medal – first place 1908 London Team competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Frederick William Chapman (10 May 1883 – 7 September 1951) was an English amateur footballer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2]

Club career[]

Chapman played for Notts Magdala, Nottingham Forest and South Nottingham,[1] making three Football League appearances for Forest.[3] He also guested for Port Vale in a league match against local rivals Stoke Reserves on 23 April 1910; Vale were 2–0 up when the match was abandoned due to a pitch invasion.[1] In the summer of 1910 he agreed to assist the Vale "in times of need", but he was not called into action for the club again.[1]

He went on to co-found English Wanderers and later played for Oxford City, South Nottingham, Southall and Brentford.[1] He also guested for Northern Nomads and Notts County.[1]

International career[]

Chapman was a member of the English team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament of the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Statistics[]

Source:[4]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nottingham Forest First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Second Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 57. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ^ "Frederick Chapman". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 56. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  4. ^ Frederick Chapman at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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