Charlie Luke (Australian footballer)

Charlie Luke
Personal information
Full name	Charles Luke
Date of birth	22 June 1915
Original team	Phillip Island
Height/Weight	177 cm / 68 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1937-1939	Footscray	18 (46)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 1939 season .

Charles "Charlie" Luke (born 22 June 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Luke, a forward, came to Footscray from Phillip Island.^[1] He played 13 of his 18 career games in 1937 and kicked at least two goals in each of his home and away season appearances that year.^[2] His final season tally, 44 goals, was enough to top Footscray's goal-kicking.^[3]

He spent much of the 1939 season playing for Yarraville and transferred to Gippsland club Morwell the following year, as coach.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
^ AFL Tables: Charlie Luke
^ Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 – The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0958030057.
^ The Argus,"Yarraville Hopes", 31 May 1939, p. 28
^ The Argus,"Footscray", 22 April 1940, p. 13

Western Bulldogs • Leading Goalkickers

1925: Hopkins • 1926: Chapple/Hopkins • 1927: Chapple • 1928: Morrison • 1929: Morrison • 1930: Morrison • 1931: Morrison • 1932: Dayman • 1933: Rait • 1934: Morrison • 1935: Jack Ryan • 1936: Olliver • 1937: Olliver • 1938: Luke • 1939: Page • 1940: Page • 1941: A. Collins • 1942: Ware • 1943: A. Collins • 1944: Wood • 1945: Joe Ryan • 1946: Wood • 1947: Wood • 1948: Wood • 1949: Olliver • 1950: Wood • 1951: Sutton/Linton • 1952: Duffy • 1953: J. Collins • 1954: J. Collins • 1955: J. Collins • 1956: Cross • 1957: J. Collins • 1958: J. Collins • 1959: Baxter • 1960: Baxter • 1961: Whitten • 1962: Whitten • 1963: Bisset/Hobbs • 1964: Bisset/Whitten • 1965: Hobbs • 1966: Jackman • 1967: Bisset • 1968: Whitten • 1969: Bisset • 1970: Bisset • 1971: Quinlan • 1972: Sandilands • 1973: Sandilands • 1974: Sandilands • 1975: Sandilands • 1976: Templeton • 1977: Templeton • 1978: Templeton • 1979: Templeton • 1980: Templeton • 1981: Edmond/Loveless • 1982: Beasley • 1983: Beasley • 1984: Beasley • 1985: Beasley • 1986: Beasley • 1987: Beasley • 1988: Beasley • 1989: Campbell • 1990: Grant • 1991: Hawkins • 1992: Del-Re • 1993: Del-Re • 1994: Grant • 1995: Osborne • 1996: Watts • 1997: Minton-Connell • 1998: Hudson • 1999: Hudson • 2000: Smith • 2001: Johnson • 2002: Brown • 2003: Brown • 2004: Darcy/Rawlings • 2005: Johnson • 2006: Johnson • 2007: Johnson • 2008: Johnson • 2009: Akermanis • 2010: Hall • 2011: Hall

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Name	Luke, Charlie
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Date of birth	22 June 1915
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