Charlie Chapman (Australian footballer)

Charles Thomas Chapman (11 January 1905 – 17 April 1978)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Charlie Chapman
Personal information
Full name	Charles Thomas Chapman
Date of birth	11 January 1905
Place of birth	Clifton Hill, Victoria
Date of death	17 April 1978(1978-04-17) (aged 73)
Place of death	Fitzroy, Victoria
Original team(s)	Scotch College
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1924–1931	Fitzroy	104 (161)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

His son, James Chapman, played for Fitzroy in the 1950s.^[2]

Football

Chapman, a ruckman and centre half-forward, first appeared for Fitzroy in the 1924 finals. He played in two semi finals and kicked two goals in each.^[3] This made him the first ever Fitzroy player to make his league debut in a finals series.^[4]

He was a regular fixture in the Fitzroy team from 1925 and also represented Victoria at interstate football on 10 occasions, including matches in the 1930 Adelaide Carnival.^[5]

In 1929 he captained Fitzroy for the season but they would finish second last on the ladder and vacated the position when Colin Niven became playing coach.^[6]

Chapman was Fitzroy's leading goal-kicker in the 1930 VFL season with 46 goals from 18 games.^[3] This included seven goal hauls against both Melbourne and Hawthorn.^[3] It was the only season in full-forward Jack Moriarty's 10 years at Fitzroy that he wouldn't top the goal-kicking.