Bert Chapman is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played for Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL) during the 1960s.

Chapman was primarily a rover and in just six seasons managed eight finals appearances. This included the 1960

1960 VFL Grand Final

The 1960 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September of 1960 in extremely wet conditions due to persistent rain during the previous week...

 and 1964 VFL Grand Final

1964 VFL Grand Final

The 1964 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 19 September 1964. It was the 68th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...

s, where he was a reserve and wingman respectively. He left for Preston

Northern Bullants

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 in 1967 and spent two years with the VFA club. Chapman then joined Macedon

Macedon Football Club

The Macedon Football & Netball Club, nicknamed the Cats, is an Australian Rules Football club and Netball Club located 61 km north west of Melbourne in the town of Macedon and affiliated with the Riddell District Football League.-Premierships :...

 in the Riddell District Football League

Riddell District Football League

The Riddell District Football League is an Australian rules football league affiliated with Football Victoria.The league covers towns in the Macedon Ranges Victoria and an area from Rockbank in the south to Broadford in the north....

as coach for the 1969 season.