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. Wikipedia
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As a star member of the University of California "Thunder Teams" in 1935, 1936 and 1937, Sam was a star offensive and defensive halfback, He was named to six All-American teams in 1937. www.bashof.org/inducteebios/schapman.htm
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