Chris Dunphy

Who is Chris Dunphy?

Chris Dunphy is the chairman of Rochdale Association Football Club in Greater Manchester, England.

Dunphy was born in Milnrow, Lancashire.

Chris was originally appointed as a director of Rochdale AFC in 1980 when he spent 2 years on the board before moving out of the area. He returned to Rochdale in 1990 and was asked to rejoin the board by the then Chairman, David Kilpatrick and has remained there ever since. On 29 June 2006 he was elected Chairman of RAFC, replacing David Kilpatrick on his retirement. He formed a new board of Directors with the sole aim of progressing the club. One of his first major decisions was to appoint an untried Keith Hill as Manager. Since taking over Chris 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. Finally in 2010 they gained promotion for the first time in over 40 years, relegation to League 2 in 2012 was followed by promotion back to League 1 in 2014.