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| Charlie Whitehead | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Charles C. Whitehead | ||
| Date of birth | 18 May 1899 | ||
| Place of birth | Brighton, South Australia | ||
| Date of death | 16 November 1972 (aged 73) | ||
| Original team(s) | Mitcham | ||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1924–31, 1933–34 | Sturt | 124 (134) | |
| 1932 | St Kilda | 9 (9)[1] | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| South Australia | 15 | ||
| 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Charlie Whitehead (18 May 1899 – 16 November 1972) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).[2]
Football
[edit]Sturt (SAFL/SANFL)
[edit]Whitehead played at Sturt with his brother Reg and they were both followers in the 1926 premiership winning team.[3] He was club captain in the 1928 season.
A ruckman, Whitehead kicked 16 goals from the 11 interstate games which he played for South Australia, including matches at the 1927 Melbourne Carnival and 1930 Adelaide Carnival.[3]
St Kilda (VFL)
[edit]In 1932 he returned to Melbourne to spend a season with St Kilda, but resigned in early August, citing his dissatisfaction at having been demoted to the reserves.[4]
Sturt (SANFL)
[edit]He finished his career back at Sturt, where he played for two more years.
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Charlie Whitehead". AFL Tables.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
- ^ a b Charlie Whitehead at AustralianFootball.com
- ^ The Mail, Adelaide, "Whitehead Resigns From St. Kilda", 6 August 1932. p. 10
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