Roy Chapman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Roy Chapman

Footballer

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1934

Place of Birth: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Mar-1983

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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 Stockport County.
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.