Walter Douglas Chapman (1889-1975) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played with
Richmond
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and
Melbourne
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in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
Born in Dromana to Henry George Chapman and Isobella Gibson, Doug Chapman joined Richmond from Dromana at the start of the
1908 VFL season
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The season featured ten clubs, with ( MJFA) and ( VFA) newly admitted to increase ...
. In 1910, he transferred to
Essendon Association Football Club
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in the
Victorian Football Association
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(VFA), and he was a member of their premiership winning team in 1912. He returned to the VFL when he joined Melbourne, where he made ten senior appearances during the
1913 VFL season
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. In 1914, he joined
Hawthorn
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in their first year of senior football in the VFA, and he played until 1919, making 29 appearances in total for the club.
In 1917, he married Eveline Vere Innes, and they lived in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne until his death in 1975.
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1889 births
1975 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
Richmond Football Club players
Melbourne Football Club players
Essendon Association Football Club players
Hawthorn Football Club (VFA) players
People from Dromana, Victoria
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