Charlie McCartney

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Charlie McCartney
Personal information
Full name Charles Patrick McCartney
Date of birth (1874-02-26)26 February 1874
Place of birth Shepparton, Victoria
Date of death 26 May 1949(1949-05-26) (aged 75)
Place of death Colac, Victoria
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897 South Melbourne 13 (0)
1899 Essendon 4 (0)
Total 17 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Charlie McCartney (26 February 1874 — 26 May 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family[]

The son of Francis McCartney (1840-1895), and Ann McCartney (1840-1898), née Ryan, Charles Patrick McCartney was born on 26 February 1874.

He married Alice Maud Felton (1877-1914) in 1904. He married Jessie Wilhelmina Rachel Johnson (-1946), née Gale, in 1933.

Football[]

He played for South Melbourne in its first VFL match, against Melbourne, at the Lake Oval, on 8 May 1897.[2]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.567.
  2. ^ 'Onlooker', "South v. Melbourne: The Red and White Defeated", The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 15 May 1897), p.3.

References-[]

  • 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.
  • Essendon Football Team, Melbourne Punch, (Thursday, 1 June 1899), p.21 -- note that McCartney is identified as "M'Carty".

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