Education
Wake Forest University.
Wake Forest University.
A 6"8" power forward/center, Chappell was a star at Wake Forest University, where he was named Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Men"s Basketball Player of the Year in 1961 and 1962. He was the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination tournament"s all-time leading scorer until Duke University"s J. J. Redick surpassed him in 2006. Chappell was named to the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination 50th Anniversary men"s basketball team in 2002, honoring him as one of the 50 greatest players in Atlantic Coast Conference history.
Chappell played in the 1964 National Basketball Association All-Star Game, and he scored 5,621 National Basketball Association career points.
He also played one season (1971–1972) with the Dallas Chaparrals of the now defunct American Basketball Association.
After his college career, he spent nine years (1962–1971) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls, Cincinnati Royals, Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Buckinghamshire, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Atlanta Hawks.