Charlie Parsons (footballer)

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Charlie Parsons
Personal information
Full name Charles Berry Parsons
Date of birth (1903-08-24)24 August 1903
Place of birth Numurkah, Victoria
Date of death 12 July 1965(1965-07-12) (aged 61)
Place of death Warracknabeal, Victoria
Original team(s) Warracknabeal
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929–1930 Carlton 33 (0)
1931–1934 Sturt 65 (7)
1935 Claremont 3 (2)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
South Australia 8
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1935.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Charles Berry Parsons (24 August 1903 – 12 July 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family[]

The son of Edward Charles Parsons (1870–1938),[2] and Clarissa Helen Wright (1871–1946), née Wright,[3][4] Charles Berry Parsons was born at Numurkah, Victoria on 24 August 1903.

He married Maude Florence Lydia Bartell (1910–1997) at Perth on 5 October 1935.[5]

Football[]

Renowned for his skill and his scrupulous fairness, he played at the highest level of Australian Rules football in three States — with Carlton in the VFL, with Sturt in the SANFL, and with Claremont in the WANFL — and, also, represented both the VFL and the SANFL in representative matches.[6][7]

Military service[]

He enlisted in the Second AIF in 1940, and had reached the rank of Lieutenant at the time of his discharge in 1945.

Death[]

He died (suddenly) at his home at Warracknabeal, Victoria on 12 July 1965.[8]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Holmesby& Main (2009), p.650.
  2. ^ Deaths: Parsons, The Argus, (Wednesday, 14 December 1938), p.12.
  3. ^ Marriage: Parsons—Wright, The Numurkah Leader, (Friday, 6 April 1900), p.4.
  4. ^ Deaths: Parsons, The Argus, (Saturday, 1 June 1946), p.23.
  5. ^ The Social Round, The (Perth) Daily News, (Friday, 4 October 1935), p.11.
  6. ^ Football: V.F.L. v. Bendigo, The Age, (Thursday, May 1929), p.5.
  7. ^ The Teams, The Age, (Friday, 14 August 1931), p.12.
  8. ^ Deaths: Parsons, The Age, (Tuesday, 13 July 1965), p.17.

References[]

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  • To Play for Carlton, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 6 April 1929), p.70.
  • Famous Player to Coach Warracknabeal, The Horsham Times, ((Friday, 26 April 1946), p.8.
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Lieutenant Charles Berry Parsons (VX24730), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • B883, VX24730: World War Two Service Record: Lieutenant Charles Berry Parsons (VX24730), National Archives of Australia.

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