Charles Chapman

Charles Edward Chapman (26 August 1860 – 23 August 1901) was an English international rugby union player.

The eldest son of Edward Chapman, the Rector of Low Toynton near Horncastle in Lincolnshire, Chapman was born at Edenham in Lincolnshire in 1860. He was educated at Horncastle Grammar School, Trent College and St Paul's school in Stony Stratford before going up to Worcester College, Oxford in October 1879. He transferred to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in January 1880.

After graduating, Chapman worked as a teacher at Carlisle Grammar School before leaving for Australia in 1885. He had several years as a master at Melbourne Grammar School, before returning in 1891, joining a school in Wales. He was aged 40.