Charlie Ricketts

Charlie Ricketts
Personal information
Full name	Charles Ricketts
Date of birth	(1885-07-03)3 July 1885
Date of death	7 March 1960(1960-03-07) (aged 74)
Original team	Richmond (VFA)
Height/Weight	173cm / 68kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1906–1912 1913–1914 1921 Total	South Melbourne Richmond St Kilda	082 (47) 016 (11) 005 0(1) 103 (59)
Coaching career3
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1909 1912 1914–1916 1920–1921 Total	South Melbourne South Melbourne Richmond St Kilda	021 0(16–5–0) 020 0(14–6–0) 047 (18–29–0) 027 0(5–21–1) 115 (53–61–1)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1921 season. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1921.
Career highlights
VFA Richmond premiership player 1905 Richmond Best & Fairest 1904 VFL South Melbourne premiership captain-coach 1909 South Melbourne captain 1909, 1912 St Kilda captain 1914 St Kilda captain 1921 Richmond Best & Fairest 1913

Charles "Charlie" Ricketts (3 July 1885 - 7 March 1960)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer and coach in the Victorian Football League.

Ricketts was a champion rover for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football Association from 1903 to 1905. Winning the club's 1904 Best and Fairest award, he represented the VFA twice in 1905 and kicked two goals in the Richmond premiership side.

The next season he crossed to the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League. He was considered a highly skilled player noted for his accuracy, particularly with his passes. By 1908 he had earned a reputation as one of the premier players in the VFL and the following season he led South Melbourne to their first League premiership as captain-coach. Despite this success he was replaced as captain-coach for 1910 by William Thomas, but he regained his position for 1912, leading South Melbourne to a (losing) VFL Grand Final. For 1913 he was again denied the opportunity to captain the side by the disapproving South committee (despite winning the vote).

Ricketts moved back to Richmond, who were now in the VFL, for the 1913 and 1914 seasons before taking the reins as a non-playing coach for 1915 and 1916. After a hiatus from the VFL due to World War I, Ricketts coached St Kilda for the 1920 season and was playing coach in 1921. Following this, he retired from VFL football.

References

• Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996