Charles Thomas Chapman (11 January 1905 – 17 April 1978)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

His son, James Chapman, played for Fitzroy in the 1950s.[2]

Football

Chapman, a ruckman and centre half-forward, first appeared for Fitzroy in the 1924 finals. He played in two semi finals and kicked two goals in each.[3] This made him the first ever Fitzroy player to make his league debut in a finals series.[4]

He was a regular fixture in the Fitzroy team from 1925 and also represented Victoria at interstate football on 10 occasions, including matches in the 1930 Adelaide Carnival.[5]

In 1929 he captained Fitzroy for the season but they would finish second last on the ladder and vacated the position when Colin Niven became playing coach.[6]

Chapman was Fitzroy's leading goal-kicker in the 1930 VFL season with 46 goals from 18 games.[3] This included seven goal hauls against both Melbourne and Hawthorn.[3] It was the only season in full-forward Jack Moriarty's 10 years at Fitzroy that he wouldn't top the goal-kicking.

Notes

  1. ^ "Great Scot". Scotch College. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Fitzroy ruck in form". The Argus. April 1954.
  3. ^ a b c AFL Tables: Charles Chapman
  4. ^ Lovett (2004).
  5. ^ "Charles Chapman - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  6. ^ Holmesby & Main (2007).

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  • Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chapman_(Australian_footballer)
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