Ralph D. "Slouie" Chapman (May 8, 1892 – August 1969
) was an
American football player. He was the son of P. T. Chapman, a wealthy banker in
Vienna, Illinois
Vienna ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Illinois, United States, and it is the site of two well-known state penitentiaries. The population of Vienna was 1,434 at the 2010 census.
History
Vienna was originally an Indian t ...
. He played at the
guard position for
Robert Zuppke's
University of Illinois football team from 1912 to 1914. Chapman was selected as the captain of the 1914 Illinois football team and a first-team All-American at the guard position in 1914. After graduating from Illinois, Chapman went into business in Chicago. When the United States entered
World War I in 1917, he applied for and was accepted into the officers' training program at Fort Sheridan. He was commissioned a first lieutenant was among the first contingent of reserve officers training camp graduates to be sent to France. He was wounded and erroneously reported to have been killed in action in France in 1918.
He survived his injuries and entered the brokerage business in Chicago following the war. He also served as vice president of the UI Foundation. He died in 1969 at age 77.
References
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1892 births
1969 deaths
American football guards
Illinois Fighting Illini football players
All-American college football players
People from Vienna, Illinois
Players of American football from Illinois