Les Chapple

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

Les Chapple
Personal information
Full name	Leslie Richard Chapple
Born	(1898-11-09)9 November 1898 Mitiamo, Victoria
Died	23 January 1982(1982-01-23) (aged 83) Footscray, Victoria
Original team	Eaglehawk (Bendigo FL)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1926–1928	Footscray	32 (82)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1928.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]