George Chapman
Personal information
Date of birth (1920-10-08)8 October 1920
Place of birth Linton, Derbyshire, England
Date of death April 1998 (aged 77)
Place of death England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– West Bromwich Albion 0 (0)
1946–1948 Brighton & Hove Albion 43 (12)
1948–19?? Tonbridge
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George W. Chapman (8 October 1920 – April 1998)[1][2] is an English former professional footballer who scored 12 goals from 43 appearances in the Football League playing for Brighton & Hove Albion.[3] Born in Linton, Derbyshire,[1] he began his career with West Bromwich Albion, but played only matches in the wartime competitions for that club, never in the League.[3][4] He was Brighton's top scorer in the 1946–47 season with 10 goals in all competitions.[5] Chapman played as an inside left.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. pp. 50–51. ISBN 0-9521337-1-7.
  2. ↑ Ancestry.com
  3. 1 2 "Brighton & Hove Albion : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  4. ↑ Rollin, Jack (2005). Soccer at War 1939–45. London: Headline. p. 436. ISBN 978-0-7553-1431-7.
  5. ↑ Carder & Harris, Albion A–Z, p. 338.


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