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Mar 18, 1934 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom Died on 21 Mar 1983 (aged 49)
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About Roy Chapman
- 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.
