Career
Born in Dromana to Henry George Chapman and Isobella Gibson, Doug Chapman joined Richmond from Dromana at the start of the 1908 VFL season. He returned to the VFL when he joined Melbourne, where he made ten senior appearances during the 1913 VFL season. In 1914 he joined Hawthorn in their first year of senior football in the VFA and he played until 1919, making 29 appearances in total for the club
