Neville Chapman

Neville Chapman
Personal information
Full name Neville Chapman[1]
Date of birth (1941-09-15)15 September 1941[2]
Place of birth Cockfield, County Durham,[2] England
Date of death 14 October 1993(1993-10-14) (aged 52)[3]
Playing position Full back
Youth career
Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1967 Middlesbrough 53 (0)
1967–1969 Darlington 32 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Neville Chapman (15 September 1941 – 14 October 1993) was an English footballer who made 85 appearances in the Football League playing as a full back for Middlesbrough and Darlington in the 1960s.[4]

Chapman was the first Middlesbrough player to be substituted after the rule permitting in-game replacements was introduced to the Football League in 1965. He was replaced by Bryan Orritt in the match against Preston North End on 11 September 1965.[5]

References

  1. "Miscellaneous documents – Darlington: Records of Darlington Football Club: Players' contracts with the club". Darlington F.C. Ref: D/XD 97/35/1. Retrieved 27 May 2014 via Durham County Records Office.
  2. 1 2 "Neville Chapman". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  3. "Galleries of English Football Cards: Deaths 1990–1999". cards.littleoak.com.au. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  4. "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". and "Middlesbrough: 1946/47–2012/13". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  5. "Don't forget your subs!". Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 27 May 2014.


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