Sam Chapman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sam Chapman

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 11-Apr-1916

Place of Birth: Tiburon, California, United States

Date of Death: 22-Dec-2006

Profession: military officer, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Samuel Blake Chapman (April 11, 1916 – December 22, 2006) was an American two-sport athletic star who played as a center fielder in Major League Baseball, spending nearly his entire career with the Philadelphia Athletics (1938–1941, 1945–1951).
He batted and threw right-handed, leading the American League in putouts four times.
He was previously an All-American college football player at the University of California.