Lee Chapman - (Player Details)

Lee Chapman: # 24 MOT 100 Greatest LUFC Players Ever

Lee Chapman (1990-1993, 1996)

Born Lincoln in 1959, he began his professional career with Stoke City in 1978, where he once recorded a hat-trick against Leeds, showing early promise in winning an England under 23 cap. After establishing himself at Stoke his career faltered and he played with Arsenal, and Sunderland before Howard Wilkinson took him to Sheffield Wednesday in 1984 and he netted 69 goals in 149 games for the Owls before taking on an unsuccessful sample of French football which quickly saw him return to England with Nottingham Forest where he won League Cup and Zenith Cup winner's medals. He joined Leeds in 1990 and led them to the Second Division and First Division Championships in quick succession. He played 171 games and scored 80 goals. He left in 1993 but returned for a short loan spell in 1996.