Charlie Whitely
| Charlie Whitely | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Charles Eric Whitely | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 1904 | ||
| Place of birth | Albury, New South Wales | ||
| Date of death | 12 September 1953 (aged 49) | ||
| Place of death | Yarra Junction, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Hume Weir (Albury) | ||
| Height/Weight | 173 cm / 68 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1925 1926 Total | Richmond Hawthorn | 1 (0) 1 (1) 2 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1926 season. | |||
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]
Whitely joined Richmond from the Hume Weir club in Albury[2] in 1925, making his solitary appearance in the senior team in their loss to Carlton.[3] He transferred to Hawthorn for the 1926 VFL season and scored a goal on debut against St Kilda but also fractured a rib[4] and never again played a VFL match. He later transferred to Prahran in the Victorian Football Association.[5]
In 1930 he married Thelma Sedgman and they lived in Melbourne until his death in 1953.
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "HUME WEIR DEFEATS ALBURY.". Wodonga and Towong Sentinel (Vic.: National Library of Australia). 11 May 1923. p. 3.
- ↑ "CARLTON'S IMPROVEMENT.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 15 June 1925. p. 16.
- ↑ "ST. KILDA DEFEAT HAWTHORN.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 7 June 1926. p. 6.
- ↑ "PERMIT APPLICATIONS.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 1 July 1926. p. 6.
External links
- Charlie Whitely's statistics from AFL Tables