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Herbert Chapman
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Herbert Chapman (1878–1934) was an English association football player and coach. Born in Kiveton Park, he was educated at the University of Sheffield. During his playing career, he was a member of Swindon Town F.C., Worksop Town F.C., Notts County F.C., and Grimsby Town F.C. He later served as the coach of Arsenal F.C. Chapman was a citizen of the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Chapman is the author of works including *Herbert Chapman on Football* and *Herbert Chapman On Football The Reflections Of Arsenals Greatest Manager*. He received the English Football Hall of Fame award. He died of pneumonia from natural causes in Hendon and was buried in London.
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Key facts
- 1896
- Kiveton Park
- 1897
- Stalybridge Rovers
- 1899
- Swindon Town
- Date of birth
- ( 1878-01-19 ) 19 January 1878
- Place of birth
- Kiveton Park , England
- Date of death
- 6 January 1934 (1934-01-06) (aged 55)
- Place of death
- Hendon , England
- Position
- Inside forward
- Years
- Team
- 1896 1897
- Ashton North End
- 1897 1898
- Rochdale
- 1898 1899
- Grimsby Town
- 1899 1900
- Sheppey United
- 1900 1901
- Worksop Town
- 1901 1902
- Northampton Town
- 1902 1903
- Sheffield United
- 1903 1905
- Notts County
- 1904 1905
- → Northampton Town (loan)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Herbert
- Family name
- Chapman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Kiveton Park
- Place of death
- Hendon
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Educated at
- University of Sheffield
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Northampton Town F.C.
- Country for sport
- England
- Image
- Herbert Chapman.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1878-01-19
- date of death
- 1934-01-06
- Commons category
- Herbert Chapman
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- coach of sports team
- Arsenal F.C.
- place of burial
- London
- name in native language
- Herbert Chapman
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Encyclopedic overview
Herbert Chapman (19 January 1878 – 6 January 1934) was an English football player and manager. Though he had an undistinguished playing career, he went on to become one of the most influential and successful managers in the early 20th century, before his sudden death in 1934. He is regarded as one of the game's greatest innovators.
As a player, Chapman played for a variety of clubs, at Football League and non-League levels. His record was generally unremarkable as a player; he made fewer than 40 League appearances over the course of a decade and did not win any major honours. Instead, he found success as a manager, first at Northampton Town between 1908 and 1912, which he led to a Southern League title. This attracted the attention of larger clubs and he moved to Leeds City, where he started to improve the team's fortunes before the First World War intervened. After the war ended, City were implicated in an illegal payments scandal and were eventually disbanded. Chapman was initially banned from football but successfully appealed. He took over at Huddersfield Town, winning an FA Cup and two First Division titles in the period of four years.
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