Roy Chapman
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roy Clifford Chapman | ||
| Date of birth | 18 March 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Date of death | 21 March 1983 (aged 49) | ||
| Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Inside-forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kynoch Works | |||
| 1951–1952 | Aston Villa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1952–1957 | Aston Villa | 19 | (8) |
| 1957–1961 | Lincoln City | 105 | (45) |
| 1961–1965 | Mansfield Town | 136 | (78) |
| 1965–1967 | Lincoln City | 70 | (31) |
| 1967–1969 | Port Vale | 76 | (35) |
| 1969 | Chester | 9 | (3) |
| 1969–1975 | Stafford Rangers | ||
| Total | 415+ | (200+) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1965–1966 | Lincoln City | ||
| 1969–1975 | Stafford Rangers | ||
| 1975–1976 | |||
| 1977–1980 | Stafford Rangers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Roy Clifford Chapman (18 March 1934 – 21 March 1983) was an English professional footballer and manager, born in Birmingham. He was the father of former Arsenal and Leeds United striker Lee Chapman.
An inside-forward, he started his career at Aston Villa in 1952, before he moved on to Lincoln City five years later to find first team football. In 1961 he was sold to Mansfield Town, where he remained for the next four years, before he returned to Lincoln as the club's player-manager in 1965. He gave up his management duties the following year, before moving on to Port Vale in 1967. In all he scored 200 goals in 415 games in the Football League.
In 1969 he joined Stafford Rangers via Chester. He was also given the management job at Rangers, and held this position until 1975, at which point he was made manager of . His reign at Stockport was brief, and he became a coach before returning to Stafford for a second spell as manager in 1977, before he left for a second time in 1980. As Stafford manager he led the club to a Northern Premier League, FA Trophy, and Staffordshire Senior Cup treble in 1972; as well as another Staffs Cup victory in 1973 and another FA Trophy success in 1979.
Chapman began his professional playing career with Aston Villa in February 1952, having initially joined the club as an amateur three months earlier. He made 19 appearances for the "Villans" in the First Division. Finding his first team opportunities limited at Villa Park, manager Eric Houghton allowed him to leave for Bill Anderson's Lincoln City in November 1957. The "Imps" narrowly avoided relegation out of the Second Division in 1957–58, finishing one place and one point above relegated Notts County. He finished as the club's top scorer in 1958–59 with 15 goals, as Lincoln avoided relegation despite achieving a lower points tally than in the previous campaign. They rose up the table to 13th in 1959–60, but were relegated in last place in 1960–61, despite Chapman becoming top-scorer again with 16 goals. He then departed Sincil Bank on a £7,000 move to Mansfield Town.
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