Charlie Dibbs

Charlie Dibbs
Personal information
Birth	3 April 1905, Carlton
Height and weight	175 cm / 76 kg
Death	22 November 1960,
Playing career¹
Team(s)	Collingwood (1924–35) 216 games, 1 goal Geelong (1936) 7 games, 0 goals Total – 223 games, 1 goal
¹ Statistics to end of 1936 season
Career highlights
5 time Collingwood Premiership player 1927, '28, '29, '30, '35

Charlie Dibbs (3 April 1905 – 22 November 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Magpies in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s and 30s.

Most of his time was spent at fullback and he was a member of the Collingwood side which won four consecutive premierships. He finished his career with a season as captain-coach of Geelong in 1936.

Dibbs was Collingwood life member and in 2007 he was inducted into the Magpies' Hall of Fame.^[1]

References

^ "Seven greats inducted". Official AFL Website of the Collingwood Football Club. 20 March 2007. http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/5586/Default.aspx?newsId=39829. Retrieved 25 January 2011.

External links

Charlie Dibbs's statistics from AFL Tables

Collingwood Football Club 1927/1928/1929/1930 VFL Premiers

Captain: 8/9. S. Coventry \| 2/1/4/5. Beveridge \| 4/5/6. A. Collier \| 5/6/7. H. Collier \| 7/8. G. Coventry \| 9/10. Chesswas \| 6/10/11. Clayden \| 10/11/12. Dibbs \| 14/13/17/19. Libbis \| 15/19/18/20. Makeham \| 20/18/19/21. Murphy \| 22/24/26. Rumney

Coach: McHale

Collingwood Football Club 1935 VFL Premiers

Collingwood 11.12 (78) defeated South Melbourne 7.16 (58), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 8. H. Collier \| 4. Bowyer \| 5. Carmody \| 7. A. Collier \| 9. Coventry \| 10. Dibbs \| 11. Doherty \| 13. Froude \| 14. Fraser \| 15. Pannam \| 17. Kyne \| 18. Morgan \| 22. Rumney \| 23. Riley \| 24. Ross \| 25. Regan \| 27. Stackpole \| 28. Whelan \| 29. Woods

Coach: McHale

Coaches of the Geelong Football Club

1910–1911: Hickinbotham • 1912–1913: Eason • 1914: Orchard • 1923: Taylor • 1924: Hagger • 1925–1927: Rankin • 1928: Fitzmaurice • 1929–1930: Coghlan • 1931: Clymo • 1932: Hickey • 1933–1934: Coghlan • 1935: Parratt • 1936: Dibbs • 1936–1940: Hickey • 1940: Everett • 1940: Laver • 1941: Metherell • 1944: Arklay • 1945–1959: Hickey • 1956; 1960–1965: Davis • 1963: Trezise • 1966–1970: Pianto • 1971–1972: McMaster • 1973–1975: Farmer • 1976–1979: Olsson • 1980–1982: Goggin • 1983–1985: Hafey • 1986–1988: Devine • 1989–1994: Blight • 1995–1999: Ayres • 2000–2010: Thompson • 2011–: Scott

Italics denote caretaker coach

Persondata
Name	Dibbs, Charlie
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	3 April 1905
Place of birth	Carlton
Date of death	22 November 1960
Place of death