Doug Chapman (Australian footballer)

Doug Chapman
Doug Chapman
Personal information
Full name	Walter Douglas Chapman
Date of birth	24 May 1889
Place of birth	Dromana, Victoria
Date of death	18 November 1975 (aged 86)
Place of death	Box Hill, Victoria
Original team(s)	Dromana
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1908–09	Richmond
1913	Melbourne
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Walter Douglas Chapman (1889-1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Born in Dromana to Henry George Chapman and Isobella Gibson, Doug Chapman joined Richmond from Dromana at the start of the 1908 VFL season. In 1910, he transferred to Essendon Association Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA),^[2] and he was a member of their premiership winning team in 1912. He returned to the VFL when he joined Melbourne,^[3] where he made ten senior appearances during the 1913 VFL season. In 1914, he joined Hawthorn in their first year of senior football in the VFA,^[4] and he played until 1919, making 29 appearances in total for the club.^[5]

In 1917, he married Eveline Vere Innes, and they lived in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne until his death in 1975.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne. 12 May 1910. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne. 26 April 1913. p. 20 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "FOOTBALL". Hawthorn and Camberwell Citizen. Victoria. 17 April 1914. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Gordon, Harry & Michael. One For All: the story of the Hawthorn Football Club. ISBN 978-1-921332-83-8.

External links

Doug Chapman's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

[2] "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne. 12 May 1910. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne. 26 April 1913. p. 20 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "FOOTBALL". Hawthorn and Camberwell Citizen. Victoria. 17 April 1914. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.

[5] Gordon, Harry & Michael. One For All: the story of the Hawthorn Football Club. ISBN 978-1-921332-83-8.

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