Les Chapple Explained

Les Chapple
Fullname:Leslie Richard Chapple
Birth Date:9 November 1898
Birth Place:Mitiamo, Victoria
Death Place:Footscray, Victoria
Originalteam:Eaglehawk (Bendigo FL)
Statsend:1928
Years1:1926–1928
Club1:Footscray
Games Goals1:32 (82)

Leslie Richard Chapple (9 November 1898 – 23 January 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Chapple was already 27 when he began his Footscray career, having previously played for Eaglehawk in the Bendigo Football League, before moving to Melbourne for work reasons.[1] He was one of three Footscray players to appear in all 18 games of the 1926 VFL season and was their joint leading goal-kicker with 42 goals, sharing the honours with Allan Hopkins.[2] A representative of the Victoria "B" side on two occasions, Chapple was the leading goal-kicker outright in 1927, kicking 32 goals.[3] [4] He was cleared to Yarraville in 1928.[5]

Notes and References

  1. The Argus,"Protecting Country Clubs", 26 June 1925, p. 6
  2. Web site: AFL Tables: Les Chapple . afltables.com.
  3. Book: Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 978-1-920910-78-5.
  4. Book: Lovett, Michael. AFL 2004 – The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. 2004. 0-9580300-5-7.
  5. The Argus,"Football - Club News", 27 June 1928, p. 11