Frederick Chapman (footballer)

Frederick Chapman
Personal information
Full name Frederick William Chapman[1]
Date of birth (1883-05-10)10 May 1883[1]
Place of birth Nottingham, England[1]
Date of death 7 September 1951(1951-09-07) (aged 68)[1]
Place of death Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire,
England[1]
Position(s) Centre-half
Youth career
Notts Magdala
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1904–1906 Nottingham Forest 3 (0)
South Nottingham
Oxford City
South Nottingham
Southall
Brentford
International career
1908–1910 England amateur 16 (5)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1908 London Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frederick William Chapman (10 May 1883 – 7 September 1951) was an English amateur footballer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2]

Club career

Chapman played for Notts Magdala, Nottingham Forest and South Nottingham,[1] making three Football League appearances for Forest.[3] He also guested for Port Vale in a league match against local rivals Stoke Reserves on 23 April 1910; Vale were 2–0 up when the match was abandoned due to a pitch invasion.[1] In the summer of 1910, he agreed to assist the Vale "in times of need", but he was not called into action for the club again.[1]

He went on to co-found English Wanderers and later played for Oxford City, South Nottingham, Southall and Brentford.[1] He also guested for Northern Nomads and Notts County.[1]

International career

Chapman made several appearances for the England amateur team between 1908 and 1910, netting 5 goals and being a member of the English amateur team that represented Great Britain at the football tournament of the 1908 Summer Olympics.[4] Chapman played in all three games as a midfielder and netted two goals, scoring once in a 12–1 trashing of Sweden in the quarter-finals and then clutching the opening goal of the final in a 2–0 win over Denmark, thus contributing decisively to England's triumph in London.[2] He also netted two unofficial goals, a brace in a 5–2 win over Wales on 20 February 1909.

Career statistics

Source:[5]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nottingham Forest 1904–05 First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1904–05 First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1904–05 Second Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

International goals

England Amateurs score listed first, score column indicates score after each Chapmane goal.
List of international goals scored by Frederick Chapman[4]
No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 3 20 April 1908 Viktoria field, Berlin-Mariendorf, Germany  Germany
2–0
 5–1 1908 Summer Olympics First round
[6]
2 5 24 October 1908 White City, London, England  Denmark
2–0
 2–0 1908 Summer Olympics Final
[7]
3 6 13 March 1909 Oxford ground, Oxford, England  Germany
?
 9–0 Friendly
[8]
4 8 19 April 1909 Park Royal Stadium, London, England  Belgium
?
 11–2
[9]
5 15 16 April 1910 Goldstone Ground, Brighton, England  France
3–0
 10–1
[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 57. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ^ a b "Frederick Chapman". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 56. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  4. ^ a b c "England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939". englandfootballonline.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. ^ Frederick Chapman at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  6. ^ "Germany v England, 20 April 1908". www.11v11.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Olympic Football Tournament London 1908: Great Britain - Denmark". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  8. ^ "England v Germany, 16 March 1909". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  9. ^ "England v Belgium, 17 April 1909". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 31 July 2022.