Charlie Stewart (Australian rules footballer born 1939)

Charlie Stewart
Personal information
Date of birth19 March 1939
Height/Weight178 cm / 75 kg
Playing career
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1957
1960
1961
?–1966
1967–?		Essendon
Lemnos
Footscray
Kyabram
Stanhope		0

20 (4)
Coaching career
YearsClubGames (W–L–D)
?–1966
1967–?		Kyabram
Stanhope

Charlie Stewart (born 19 March 1939) was an Australian rules football player and coach. He is most notable for playing for Footscray in the Victorian Football League. Stewart was of Indigenous Australian descent.[1]

Playing career

Stewart played reserve grade for Essendon in 1957 before a stint with Lemnos.[2]

In April 1961 Stewart was cleared by Essendon to Footscray.[2] He played 20 matches in the 1961 VFL season. He was the reserve player in the Footscray team that lost the 1961 VFL Grand Final. He was released by Footscray in April 1962 for turning up late to preseason training.[3]

Coaching career

Stewart was playing coach of Victorian country team Kyabram until the end of the 1966 season.[4] For the 1967 season he moved to Stanhope where he continued as a playing coach.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Past Indigenous Players in the AFL". Australian Football League. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Footscray Wait on Dons for Stewart". The Age (Google News Archive). 12 April 1961. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Hobbs, Greg (5 April 1962). "Stewart Discard In Surprise At Footscray". The Age (Google News Archive). Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Beames, Percy (17 November 1966). "Wadham coach at Kyabram". The Age (Google News Archive). Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  5. ↑ "Coach will play against former team". The Age (Google News Archive). 11 August 1967. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  6. ↑ "Stanhope to break hoodoo". The Age (Google News Archive). 2 June 1967. Retrieved 9 April 2010.

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