Chris Dunphy

Chris Dunphy (born 26 October 1950) is the former chairman of Rochdale Association Football Club (RAFC) in Greater Manchester, England.

Dunphy was elected Chairman of RAFC on 29 June 2006, replacing David Kilpatrick on his retirement.[1] One of his first major decisions was to appoint an untried Keith Hill as Manager. Since taking over, Dunphy has become the most successful Chairman Rochdale AFC has ever had, seeing Rochdale enjoy some of their most successful years; twice reaching promotion play off positions, one of which resulted in their first ever appearance at Wembley but losing to Stockport County.[2] Under Dunphy's leadership, Rochdale gained promotion to League 1 for the first time in more than 40 years.

In 2015, at the Chairman's Summer Conference, Dunphy was the recipient of a long service award from the Football League for 28 years in football.[3]

In addition to his work with RAFC, Dunphy has had substantial involvement with Norden Juniors football running teams, eventually becoming Chairman following the death of Norman Dale.

Dunphy received an award from The Mayor of Rochdale, Cllr Surinder Biant at the Mayor's Charity Ball in recognition of his long association with sport in Rochdale.

Dunphy announced his retirement as Chairman of Rochdale AFC in December 2018.[4][5]