Dick Welch

Dick Welch
Personal information
Full name Charles William Welch
Date of birth (1913-01-30)30 January 1913
Place of birth Nagambie, Victoria
Date of death 17 October 2002(2002-10-17) (aged 89)
Place of death Heathcote, Victoria
Original team(s) Nagambie
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1936–38 Essendon 20 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Charles William "Dick" Welch (30 January 1913 – 17 October 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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The son of Charles James Welch (1880-1936),[2][3][4] and Ellen Maud Welch (1887-1975), née Sullivan, Charles William Welch was born at Nagambie, Victoria on 30 January 1913.

He married Ivy Estelle Heaven (1919-2003) at Ascot Vale, Victoria on 7 September 1940. They had one child; a daughter, Julie-Ann.

Rowing

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An outstanding rower, he was one of the six Nagambie oarsmen that represented Victoria in the 1934 King's Cup in Hobart.[5] He also represented Victoria in the 1935 King's Cup in Sydney.[6]

Football

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Nagambie (WNEA)

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He played for several seasons for the Nagambie Football Club in the Waranga-North-Eastern Association.[7]

Essendon (VFL)

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On 1 May 1936 he was granted a clearance from Nagambie to Essendon.[8][9] He was a regular member of the Seconds; and played nine senior games in 1936 (his first was against South Melbourne on 30 May 1936),[10] ten senior games in 1937, one senior game in 1938 (his last was against Collingwood on 30 April 1938),[11] and was part of the Essendon Seconds team that were defeated by a single point by a combined Mildura District Football League team, at Mildura on 24 September 1938.[12]

Coburg (VFA)

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Omitted from Essendon's senior list in April 1939,[13] he was cleared from Essendon to Coburg.[14][15][16][17]

Military service

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Having enlisting in the Second AIF in July 1940,[18][19] he served in the Middle East and in New Guinea during World War II.[20][21]

Death

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He died at Heathcote Health, Heathcote, Victoria, on 17 October 2002.[22]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.935.
  2. ^ Deaths: Welch, The Argus, (Wednesday, 16 September 1936), p.1.
  3. ^ Fatal Accident, Alexandra and Yea Standard, (Friday, 25 September 1936), p.3.
  4. ^ Country Oarsman's Tragic Death, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 26 September 1936), p.73.
  5. ^ 'Derwent', "Six Nagambie Men In Vic. King's Cup Crew", The Referee, (Thursday, 22 March 1934), p.11.
  6. ^ de Lacy, H.A., "Victoria's 12.7 King's Cup Crew", The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 6 March 1935), p.7.
  7. ^ Nagambie (Team Photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 4 August 1934), p.37.
  8. ^ Taylor, Percy, "League Football Today", The Argus, (Saturday, 2 May 1936), p.21.
  9. ^ Maplestone (1996), pp.408, 414, 477-479.
  10. ^ The Teams: South Melbourne v. Essendon, The Age, (Friday, 29 May 1936), p.7.
  11. ^ Essendon Defence Moves, The Argus, (Friday, 29 April 1938), p.18.
  12. ^ Mildura's Splendid Display: Essendon Defeated, Sunraysia Daily, (Monday, 26 September 1938), p.2.
  13. ^ "From Forward's Notebook", The Age, (Tuesday, 11 April 1939), p.8.
  14. ^ Barclay, Bert, "Cleared to V.F.A. Clubs", The (Melbourne) Herald, Monday, 17 April 1939), p.24.
  15. ^ Coburg, The Argus, (Wednesday, 19 April 1939), p.12.
  16. ^ Evans, George, "Coburg All The Way", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 22 April 1939), p.3.
  17. ^ Hard and Fast, The Age, (Monday, 1 May 1939), p.16.
  18. ^ Drawing on New Class, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Tuesday, 2 July 1940), p.3.
  19. ^ Reunion after Adventure, The Argus, (Wednesday, 3 July 1940), p.5.
  20. ^ World War II Nominal Roll.
  21. ^ World War II Military Record.
  22. ^ "WELCH, Charles William". Herald Sun.

References

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