Roy Chapman (football manager)

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Roy Chapman
Personal information
Full name	Roy Clifford Chapman
Date of birth	March 18, 1934(1934-03-18)
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Date of death	March 1983 (aged 48)
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
	Kynoch Works
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1952–1957 1957–1961 1961–1965 1965–1967 1967–1969 1969 1969–1975	Aston Villa Lincoln City Mansfield Town Lincoln City Port Vale Chester Stafford Rangers	0 19 00 (8) 0 105 0(46) 0 136 0(78) 0 70 00(32) 0 76 00(35) 0 9 0 0 (3)
Teams managed
1965–1966 1969–1975 1975–1976 1977–1980	Lincoln City Stafford Rangers Stockport County Stafford Rangers
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Roy Chapman (born 18 March 1934, Birmingham; died March 1983) was an English professional footballer and manager. He was the father of former Arsenal and Leeds United striker Lee Chapman.

[edit] Playing and Managerial Career

Chapman began his professional playing career with Aston Villa, where he made 19 appearances in the First Division before joining Lincoln City in November 1957. Four years later he moved for £7,000 ^[1] to Mansfield Town, scoring 30 league goals in the 1962–63 promotion season from Division Four.

He returned to Lincoln as player-manager in 1965 but after a year reverted to just a playing role ^[2]. In 1967 he joined Port Vale in a playing capacity. His final playing club in The Football League was Chester, who he joined in June 1969. He struck five goals in four pre-season friendly matches ^[3] and then followed it up with two goals on his league debut at Scunthorpe United to take his career tally to 200 ^[4]. Unfortunately, just one more league goal followed in his next eight league games and Chapman moved on to non-league side Stafford Rangers as player-manager ^[5].

Chapman streered the club to a treble of the FA Trophy, Northern Premier League and Staffordshire Senior Cup in 1972 ^[6]. This was followed up by him leading Rangers to the FA Cup fourth round three years later ^[7]. He then returned to professional circles with a short spell as Stockport County manager, where he signed George Best on a short-term deal ^[8].

Chapman had a second spell in charge of Stafford from 1977 to 1980, leading them to another FA Trophy triumph ^[9]. He died in March 1983, aged just 48, after suffering a fatal heart attack, when playing in a five-a-side tournament ^[10].

[edit] External Links

• Lincoln City profile

[edit] References

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