Roy Chapman
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roy Clifford Chapman | ||
| Date of birth | 18 March 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Kingstanding, Birmingham, England | ||
| Date of death | 21 March 1983 (aged 49) | ||
| Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Inside-forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kynoch Works | |||
| 1951–1952 | Aston Villa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1952–1957 | Aston Villa | 19 | (8) |
| 1957–1961 | Lincoln City | 105 | (45) |
| 1961–1965 | Mansfield Town | 136 | (78) |
| 1965–1967 | Lincoln City | 70 | (31) |
| 1967–1969 | Port Vale | 76 | (35) |
| 1969 | Chester | 9 | (3) |
| 1969–1970 | Nuneaton Borough | 9 | (9) |
| 1970–1975 | Stafford Rangers | ||
| Total | 424+ | (209+) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1965–1966 | Lincoln City | ||
| 1970–1975 | Stafford Rangers | ||
| 1975–1976 | Stockport County | ||
| 1977–1980 | Stafford Rangers | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Roy Clifford Chapman (18 March 1934 – 21 March 1983) was an English professional football player and manager. 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 four years, before returning 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. He scored 200 goals in 415 games in the Football League.
In 1969, he joined Stafford Rangers via Chester. He was also given the manager job at Rangers and held this position until 1975 when 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.