George Chaplin

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|fullname = George Duncan Chaplin

|birth_date = {{birth date|1888|9|26|df=y}}

|birth_place = Dundee, Scotland

|death_date = {{death date and age|1963|5|14|1888|9|26|df=y}}

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|position = Full-back

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|clubs1 = Dundee Arnot

|years2 = 1905–1908

|clubs2 = Dundee

|caps2 = 38

|goals2 = 0

|years3 = 1908–1919

|clubs3= Bradford City

|caps3 = 88

|goals3 = 0

|years4 = 1919–1923

|clubs4 = Coventry City

|caps4 = 106

|goals4 = 0

|totalcaps = 232 |totalgoals = 0

|nationalyears1 = 1908

|nationalteam1 = Scotland

|nationalcaps1 = 1

|nationalgoals1 = 0

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George Duncan Chaplin (26 September 1888 – 14 May 1963){{cite web|title=George Chaplin|url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_player_profile.cfm?page=2492&playerID=112982|work=Player profile|publisher=Scottish FA|access-date=21 December 2012}}{{cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |last=Joyce |first=Michael |year=2004 |publisher=Tony Brown|location=Nottingham |isbn=1-899468-67-6}} was a Scottish footballer who played as a full-back. He played professionally for various clubs in Scotland and England, and also made one senior international appearance for Scotland.

Career

Born in Dundee, Chaplin played for Dundee,{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}} Bradford City and Coventry City.Frost, p. 393 For Bradford City, he made 88 appearances in the Football League; he also made nine FA Cup appearances.Frost, p. 380 He missed two seasons through tuberculosis, but made a full recovery to spend a decade with Bradford. His career was brought to an end in 1923 (although he was already 34 by that stage) when he was implicated in a match fixing scandal from three years earlier when it was found Bury had accepted payments from Coventry to prevent the latter's relegation, and Chaplin was banned for life along with several others.[https://www.ccfpa.co.uk/?p=43394 Blast From The Remote Past: On This Day 1920: CCFC Survive In What Became 'The Bury Affair'], Coventry City Former Players' Association, 1 May 2019[https://staceywest.net/2017/11/17/coventry-match-fixing-scandal-relegates-imps/ Coventry Match-Fixing Scandal Relegates Imps], The Stacey West, 17 November 2017

His single international appearance came for Scotland against Wales on 7 March 1908, when Chaplin was only 19 years old.{{cite web|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/georgeduncanchaplin.html|title=Profile|publisher=London Hearts}} His performance was criticised in a match report which claimed: "Chaplin fell short of requirements at left back."{{cite web|title=Narrow Victory for the Northerners|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1908/1908030701.htm|work=Scotland v. Wales|publisher=London Hearts|access-date=21 December 2012|date=7 Mar 1908}}

Personal life

His brothers were fellow professional players Jack Chaplin and Alex Chaplin.{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?29da14a8db55295a952bda15685fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeeda0af16|title=Scotland - Wales 2:1|date=10 April 2020 |publisher=IFFHS}}