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Charlie Whitely
Personal information
Full name Charles Eric Whitely
Date of birth (1904-01-12)12 January 1904
Place of birth Albury, New South Wales
Date of death 12 September 1953(1953-09-12) (aged 49)
Place of death Yarra Junction, Victoria
Original team(s) Hume Weir (O&MFL)
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925 Richmond 01 0(0)
1926 Hawthorn 01 0(1)
1926–27 Prahran (VFA) 06 0(2)
1927–32 Brunswick (VFA) 79 (18)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Charles Eric Whitely (12 January 1904 – 12 September 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Early life

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The son of William Albert James Whitely (1873–1943)[2] and Elizabeth Mary Whitely, nee Babbington (1873–1953), Charles Eric Whitely was born at Albury on 12 January 1904.

Football

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Whitely was a lightly-built wingman and half-forward who had a neat left foot stab-pass.[3]

He commenced his football career with the Hume Weir club in the Ovens & Murray Football League[4] where he played from 1922 to 1924.

In 1925 Whitely joined Richmond, making his solitary appearance in the senior team in their loss to Carlton.[5]

He transferred to Hawthorn for the 1926 VFL season and scored a goal on debut against St Kilda but also fractured a rib[6] and never again played a VFL match.

Whitely later transferred to Prahran[7] and then Brunswick in the Victorian Football Association.

Later life

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In 1926 Charles Whitely married Thelma Sedgman and they lived in Melbourne with Whitely working as a mechanic until they moved to the Yarra Junction area in the early 1950s.

Charles Eric Whitely died in September 1953 and was cremated at Fawkner Memorial Park.[8]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 32, 849. Sydney. 8 April 1943. p. 10.
  3. ^ "Charles Whitely". Tigerland Archive.
  4. ^ "HUME WEIR DEFEATS ALBURY". Wodonga and Towong Sentinel. Victoria. 11 May 1923. p. 3.
  5. ^ "CARLTON'S IMPROVEMENT". The Argus. Melbourne. 15 June 1925. p. 16.
  6. ^ "ST. KILDA DEFEAT HAWTHORN". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 June 1926. p. 6.
  7. ^ "PERMIT APPLICATIONS". The Argus. Melbourne. 1 July 1926. p. 6.
  8. ^ "Charles Eric Whitely". Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.
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