George Duncan Chaplin (26 September 1888 – 14 May 1963) was a Scottish

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who played as a full-back. He played professionally for various clubs in Scotland and England, and also made one senior international appearance for

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Career

Born in

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, Chaplin played for

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and

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Coventry, West Midlands. The club plays in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club is nicknamed The Sky Blues after the sky blue colou ...

. For Bradford City, he made 88 appearances in

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; he also made nine

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appearances. 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

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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. His single international appearance came for Scotland against

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on 7 March 1908, when Chaplin was only 19 years old. His performance was criticised in a match report which claimed: "Chaplin fell short of requirements at left back."

Personal life

His brothers were fellow professional players Jack Chaplin and Alex Chaplin.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaplin, George 1888 births Footballers from Dundee 1963 deaths Scottish men's footballers Dundee F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Men's association football fullbacks Scotland men's international footballers Place of death missing

Career

Personal life

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