Frederick Chapman

Personal information
Full name	Frederick William Chapman[1]
Date of birth	(1883-05-10)10 May 1883[1]
Place of birth	Nottingham, England[1]
Date of death	7 September 1951(1951-09-07) (aged 68)[1]
Place of death	Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England[1]
Position(s)	Centre-half
Youth career
	Notts Magdala
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1904–1906	Nottingham Forest	3	(0)
	South Nottingham
	Oxford City
	South Nottingham
	Southall
	Brentford
International career
1908–1910	England amateur	16	(5)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1908 London Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frederick William Chapman (10 May 1883 – 7 September 1951) was an English amateur footballer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Club career

Chapman played for Notts Magdala, Nottingham Forest and South Nottingham,^[1] making three Football League appearances for Forest.^[3] He also guested for Port Vale in a league match against local rivals Stoke Reserves on 23 April 1910; Vale were 2–0 up when the match was abandoned due to a pitch invasion.^[1] In the summer of 1910 he agreed to assist the Vale "in times of need", but he was not called into action for the club again.^[1]

He went on to co-found English Wanderers and later played for Oxford City, South Nottingham, Southall and Brentford.^[1] He also guested for Northern Nomads and Notts County.^[1]

International career

Chapman made several appearances for the England amateur team between 1908 and 1910, netting 5 goals and being a member of the English amateur team that represented Great Britain at the football tournament of the 1908 Summer Olympics.^[4] Chapman played in all three games as a midfielder and netted two goals, scoring once in a 12–1 trashing of Sweden in the quarter-finals and then clutching the opening goal of the final in a 2–0 win over Denmark, thus contributing decisively to England's triumph in London.^[2] He also netted two unofficial goals, a brace in a 5–2 win over Wales on 20 February 1909.

Career statistics

Source:^[5]

International goals

England Amateurs score listed first, score column indicates score after each Chapmane goal.

List of international goals scored by Frederick Chapman^[4]

No.	Cap	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref
1	3	20 April 1908	Viktoria field, Berlin-Mariendorf, Germany	Germany	2–0	5–1	1908 Summer Olympics First round	[6]
2	5	24 October 1908	White City, London, England	Denmark	2–0	2–0	1908 Summer Olympics Final	[7]
3	6	13 March 1909	Oxford ground, Oxford, England	Germany	?	9–0	Friendly	[8]
4	8	19 April 1909	Park Royal Stadium, London, England	Belgium	?	11–2		[9]
5	15	16 April 1910	Goldstone Ground, Brighton, England	France	3–0	10–1		[4]