Charlie May (footballer)

Charlie May
Personal information
Date of birth	17 February 1899
Date of death	2 May 1989(1989-05-02) (aged 90)
Original team(s)	Brunswick
Height/Weight	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) / 67 kilograms (148 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1922–1926	Essendon	84 (3)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1934–1935	Essendon	36 (12-24-0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1935 season.

Charlie "Chooka" May (17 February 1899 – 2 May 1989)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was the father of double Essendon premiership player Wally May.

A centreman in his playing days, May was a member of Essendon's back to back premiership sides of 1923 and 1924. His last game of football was in the 1926 finals series where Essendon fell a goal short of qualifying for the Grand Final and May ended up with a suspension for striking Bob Corbett of Melbourne. He was non-playing coach of Essendon in 1934 and 1935 and it his later years remained involved with the club as a trainer. May also spent time in South Australia where he coached Glenelg Football Club.

References

↑ "Past Player Profiles - M (May, Charlie F)". essendonfc.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2014.

Charlie May's statistics from AFL Tables
Coaching record
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Essendon Football Club 1923/1924 VFL Premiers

Captain: 1. Barker 2. Donaldson 3. Beckton 5. Baring 6. Fitzmaurice 6. Rawle 10. Watt 14. May 15. Laing 16. McCarthy 21. Jenkins 24. Maher 25. Stockdale 28. Garden 30. Shorten 33. Hardy

Coach: Barker

Coaches of the Essendon Football Club

1908–1909: Smith 1910: Belcher 1911–1915; 1918–1920:* Worrall 1920–1921: Ogden 1922: Gravenall 1922–1924: Barker 1925–1927: Maher 1928–1930: Hardy 1931–1933: Campbell 1934–1935: May 1936–1939: Baggott 1939: Reynolds/Hunter 1939–1960: Reynolds 1941: Griggs 1944: Plummer 1945; 1946: Ruddell 1959: Thaw 1961–1967: Coleman 1965: Sewell 1968–1970: Clarke 1971: Birt 1972–1975: Tuddenham 1976–1977: Stephen 1978–1980: Davis 1981–2007: Sheedy 2006: O'Donnell 2008–2010: Knights 2011–2013: Hird 2013: Goodwin 2014: Thompson 2015: Hird 2015: Egan 2016–: Worsfold

Essendon did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach

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