David Thayer Chapple (born March 30, 1947) is an American artist and former professional football player.
Selected by the San Francisco 49ers in 1969 NFL/AFL draft, Chapple suffered a back injury and wasn't able to play for two years.
Moving to the Los Angeles Rams the following year, Chapple was selected to the Pro Bowl after netting an average of 44.2 yards for the 1972 season, a statistic not bettered until 2007 by Shane Lechler.
[3] Chapple developed artistic talents at a young age, winning art contests and awards from grammar school.
Further extending his artistic talents into sculpture in the 1980s, Chapple was commissioned by many corporations including the Chiron Corporation, DuPont Nature Center, and Ameriflex, among others, as well a life-size bronze of Florence Griffith Joyner at the Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills, California.