Herbert Chapman
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Herbert Chapman | ||
| Date of birth | 19 January 1878 | ||
| Place of birth | Kiveton Park, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 6 January 1934 (aged 55) | ||
| Place of death | Hendon, Middlesex, England | ||
| Playing position | Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kiveton Park Colliery | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1895–1897 | Ashton North End | ||
| 1897 | Stalybridge Rovers | ||
| 1897–1898 | Rochdale | ||
| 1898–1899 | Grimsby Town | 10 | (4) |
| 1899 | Swindon Town | 3 | (2) |
| 1899–1900 | Sheppey United | ||
| 1900–1901 | Worksop Town | ||
| 1901–1902 | Northampton Town | 22 | (14) |
| 1902–1903 | Sheffield United | 22 | (2) |
| 1903–1905 | Notts County | 7 | (1) |
| 1904–1905 | → Northampton Town (loan) | ||
| 1905–1907 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | (16) |
| 1907–1909 | Northampton Town | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1907–1912 | Northampton Town | ||
| 1912–1918 | Leeds City | ||
| 1921–1925 | Huddersfield Town | ||
| 1925–1934 | Arsenal | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Herbert Chapman (19 January 1878 – 6 January 1934) was an English association football player and manager. Though he had an undistinguished playing career, he went on to become one of the most successful and influential managers in early 20th-century English football, before his sudden death in 1934.
As a player, Chapman played for a variety of clubs, at Football League and non-League levels. His record was generally unremarkable as a player; he made fewer than 40 League appearances over the course of a decade and did not win any major honours. Instead, he found success as a manager, first at Northampton Town between 1908 and 1912, whom he led to a Southern League title. This attracted the attention of larger clubs and he moved to Leeds City, where he started to improve the team's fortunes before the First World War intervened. After the war ended, City were implicated in an illegal payments scandal and were eventually disbanded. Chapman was initially banned from football but successfully appealed. He took over at Huddersfield Town, winning an FA Cup and two First Division titles in the period of four years.
In 1925, Arsenal successfully tempted Chapman to join them, and he led the club to its first FA Cup success and two First Division titles. His work at Arsenal resulted in them becoming the dominant team of the 1930s – they would win five League titles in the decade – but he did not live to see them do so, dying suddenly from pneumonia in 1934, at the age of 55.
Not only credited with turning round the fortunes of both Huddersfield Town and Arsenal, he is regarded as one of the game's first modernisers. He introduced new tactics and training techniques into the English game, as well as championing innovations such as floodlighting, European club competitions and numbered shirts, and has received many posthumous honours in recognition.
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