Les Chapple
Personal information
Full name Leslie Richard Chapple
Date of birth (1898-11-09)9 November 1898
Place of birth Mitiamo, Victoria
Date of death 23 January 1982(1982-01-23) (aged 83)
Place of death Footscray, Victoria
Original team(s) Eaglehawk (Bendigo FL)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1926–1928 Footscray 32 (82)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1928.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Leslie Richard Chapple (9 November 1898 – 23 January 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Chapple was already 27 when he began his Footscray career, having previously played for Eaglehawk in the Bendigo Football League, before moving to Melbourne for work reasons.[1] He was one of three Footscray players to appear in all 18 games of the 1926 VFL season and was their joint leading goal-kicker with 42 goals, sharing the honours with Allan Hopkins.[2] A representative of the Victoria "B" side on two occasions, Chapple was the leading goal-kicker outright in 1927, kicking 32 goals.[3][4] He was cleared to Yarraville in 1928.[5]

References

  1. ^ The Argus,"Protecting Country Clubs", 26 June 1925, p. 6
  2. ^ "AFL Tables: Les Chapple". afltables.com.
  3. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  4. ^ Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 – The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
  5. ^ The Argus,"Football - Club News", 27 June 1928, p. 11

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