Vernon Chapman

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Vernon Chapman
Personal information
Date of birth (1921-05-09)9 May 1921
Place of birth Leicester, England
Date of death 6 June 2006(2006-06-06) (aged 85)
Place of death Leicester, England
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19xx–1941 Bath City
1941–1947 Leicester City 1 (0)
1947–1949 Leyton Orient 31 (7)
1953–1959 Tamworth
Teams managed
1958–1961 Tamworth
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Vernon Chapman (9 May 1921 – 6 June 2006) was an English footballer who played in the Football League as a winger for Leicester City[1] and Leyton Orient.[2] He went on to play for and then manage Tamworth, initially as player-manager.[3][4]

Chapman died on 6 June 2006 in Leicester, England at the age of 85.[5]

Managerial Statistics[]

Team Nat From To Record
P W D L GF GA GD W%
Tamworth England 3 February 1958 28 July 1961 154 68 30 56 265 239 +26 044.2
Total 154 68 30 56 265 239 +26 044.2

References[]

  1. ^ "Leicester City : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  2. ^ "Leyton Orient : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  3. ^ "Manager info – 1957/58 – Vernon Coleman". Tamworth Football Club Heritage. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  4. ^ "Tamworth Soccer Boss Resigns" (reprint). Tamworth Herald. Tamworth Football Club Heritage. 28 July 1961. p. 20. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  5. ^ "Vernon Chapman". Barry Hugman's Footballers.


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