Charlie Armstrong (footballer)
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Charlie Armstrong | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Charles Stanley Armstrong | ||
Date of birth | 10 March 1883 | ||
Place of birth | Holbrook, New South Wales | ||
Date of death | 2 June 1954 | (aged 71)||
Place of death | Glen Huntly, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | South Yarra | ||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1912 | Geelong | 15 (3) | |
1913–14, 1919 | Melbourne | 30 (1) | |
Total | 45 (4) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Charles Stanley Armstrong (10 March 1883 – 2 June 1954) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
He later served in World War I.[2]
In May 1919, an unidentified former Melbourne footballer, wrote to the football correspondent of The Argus as follows:
- "In 1914 the Melbourne football team, after its junction with the University, was a fine team, and succeeded in reaching the semi-finals.
Out of this combination the following players enlisted and served at the front:—
C. Lilley (seriously wounded), J. Hassett, H. Tomkins (severely wounded), J. Evans (seriously wounded), W. Hendrie, R. L. Park, J. Doubleday (died), A. Best, C. Burge (killed), C. (viz., A.) Williamson (killed), J. Brake, R. Lowell, E. Parsons (seriously wounded), A. M. Pearce (killed), F. Lugton (killed), A. George, C. Armstrong, P. Rodriguez (killed), J. Cannole (viz., Connole), A. Fraser (seriously wounded), T. Collins.
These are all players of note, and in themselves would have formed a very fine side, but there is only one of them playing at the present time, viz., C. Lilley, who, as a matter of fact, takes the field under some disability owing to severe wounds which he received on service." — The Argus, 16 May 1919.[3]
- "In 1914 the Melbourne football team, after its junction with the University, was a fine team, and succeeded in reaching the semi-finals.
Notes
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
- ^ 'Old Boy', "Football: Notes and Comments", The Argus, (Friday, 16 May 1919), p.8.
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