Charlie Whitely

Charlie Whitely
Personal information
Full name Charles Eric Whitely
Born (1904-01-12)12 January 1904
Albury, New South Wales
Died 12 September 1953(1953-09-12) (aged 49)
Yarra Junction, Victoria
Original teams Hume Weir (O&MFL)
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925 Richmond 1 (0)
1926 Hawthorn 1 (1)
1926–27 Prahran (VFA) 6 (2)
1927–32 Brunswick (VFA) 79 (18)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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).

Early life

The son of William Albert James Whitely (1873–1943) and Elizabeth Mary Whitely, née Babbington (1873–1953), Charles Eric Whitely was born at Albury on 12 January 1904.

Football

Whitely was a lightly built wingman and half-forward who had a neat left foot stab-pass.

He commenced his football career with the Hume Weir club in the Ovens & Murray Football League where he played from 1922 to 1924.

In 1925 Whitely joined Richmond, making his solitary appearance in the senior team in their loss to Carlton.

He transferred to Hawthorn for the 1926 VFL season and scored a goal on debut against St Kilda but also fractured a rib and never again played a VFL match.

Whitely later transferred to Prahran and then Brunswick in the Victorian Football Association.

Later life

In 1926 Charles Whitely married Thelma Sedgman and they lived in Melbourne with Whitely working as a mechanic until they moved to the Yarra Junction area in the early 1950s.

Charles Eric Whitely died in September 1953 and was cremated at Fawkner Memorial Park.

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 32, 849. Sydney. 8 April 1943. p. 10.
  3. ↑ "Charles Whitely". Tigerland Archive.
  4. ↑ "HUME WEIR DEFEATS ALBURY". Wodonga and Towong Sentinel. Victoria. 11 May 1923. p. 3.
  5. ↑ "CARLTON'S IMPROVEMENT". The Argus. Melbourne. 15 June 1925. p. 16.
  6. ↑ "ST. KILDA DEFEAT HAWTHORN". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 June 1926. p. 6.
  7. ↑ "PERMIT APPLICATIONS". The Argus. Melbourne. 1 July 1926. p. 6.
  8. ↑ "Charles Eric Whitely". Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.