SOCCER PLAYER

Herbert Chapman

1878 - 1934

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Chapman is the 614th most popular soccer player (up from 953rd in 2019), the 1,547th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,872nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Herbert Chapman ranks 614 out of 21,273. Before him are José Ángel Iribar, Edu Coimbra, Hong Myung-bo, Ichiro Hosotani, Jorge Burruchaga, and Cesc Fàbregas. After him are Edinson Cavani, Adalbert Deșu, Dejan Savićević, Juan Sebastián Verón, Tokutaro Ukon, and Igor Netto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Herbert Chapman ranks 64. Before him are Hattie Wyatt Caraway, Eino Leino, Paul Troost, James Oliver Curwood, Angelica Balabanoff, and Louis Camille Maillard. After him are Yosano Akiko, Paul Pelliot, Upton Sinclair, Edward Kasner, Hans Ledwinka, and Franz Schreker. Among people deceased in 1934, Herbert Chapman ranks 50. Before him are Hermann Bahr, Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta, Hubert Lyautey, Adrien de Gerlache, Paul Troost, and Vyacheslav Menzhinsky. After him are Willem de Sitter, Franz Schreker, Roberto Ferruzzi, Paul Gustav Fischer, Carsten Borchgrevink, and Frederick Delius.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Herbert Chapman ranks 1,547 out of 8,785. Before him are Albert Hammond (1944), Constantine II of Scotland (801), Tom Pryce (1949), Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), Henry Gray (1827), and Idris Elba (1972). After him are Jeremy Hunt (1966), Jack Butler Yeats (1871), Robert Adam (1728), Havelock Ellis (1859), Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), and Robert Stephenson (1803).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Herbert Chapman ranks 34. Before him are Duncan Edwards (1936), Jim Brown (1908), Bob Paisley (1919), Gareth Bale (1989), Ryan Giggs (1973), and Phil Neville (1977). After him are John Connelly (1938), Ian Rush (1961), Gerry Byrne (1938), Frank Lampard (1978), Alan Shearer (1970), and Dave Sexton (1930).

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