Charlie Whitely

Charlie Whitely
Charlie Whitely
Personal information
Full name	Charles Eric Whitely
Date of birth	12 January 1904
Place of birth	Albury, New South Wales
Date of death	12 September 1953 (aged 49)
Place of death	Yarra Junction, Victoria
Original team(s)	Hume Weir (O&MFL)
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1925	Richmond
1926	Hawthorn
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
	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).^[1]

Whitely joined Richmond from the Hume Weir club in Albury in the Ovens & Murray Football League^[2] in 1925, making his solitary appearance in the senior team in their loss to Carlton.^[3]

He transferred to Hawthorn for the 1926 VFL season and scored a goal on debut against St Kilda but also fractured a rib^[4] and never again played a VFL match. He later transferred to Prahran in the Victorian Football Association.^[5]

In 1930 he married Thelma Sedgman and they lived in Melbourne until his death in 1953.

Notes[]

^ 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.
^ "HUME WEIR DEFEATS ALBURY". Wodonga and Towong Sentinel. Victoria. 11 May 1923. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "CARLTON'S IMPROVEMENT". The Argus. Melbourne. 15 June 1925. p. 16 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "ST. KILDA DEFEAT HAWTHORN". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 June 1926. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "PERMIT APPLICATIONS". The Argus. Melbourne. 1 July 1926. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia.

External links[]

Charlie Whitely's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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[encyc-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] "HUME WEIR DEFEATS ALBURY". Wodonga and Towong Sentinel. Victoria. 11 May 1923. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "CARLTON'S IMPROVEMENT". The Argus. Melbourne. 15 June 1925. p. 16 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "ST. KILDA DEFEAT HAWTHORN". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 June 1926. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia.

[5] "PERMIT APPLICATIONS". The Argus. Melbourne. 1 July 1926. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia.

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