Doug Chapman (Australian footballer) explained

Doug Chapman
Fullname:Walter Douglas Chapman
Birth Date:24 May 1889
Birth Place:Dromana, Victoria
Death Place:Box Hill, Victoria
Originalteam:Dromana
Height:191 cm
Weight:85 kg
Statsend:1913
Years1:1908–09
Games Goals1:23 (5)
Years2:1913
Games Goals2:10 (7)
Games Goalstotal:33 (12)

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.

Notes and References

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