Charlie Dibbs

Charlie Dibbs
Charlie Dibbs
	Dibbs during his Collingwood career
Personal information
Full name	Charles William Dibbs
Date of birth	3 April 1905
Place of birth	Carlton, Victoria
Date of death	22 November 1960 (aged 55)
Place of death	Preston, Victoria
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1924–1935	Collingwood
1936	Geelong
Total
Coaching career
Years	Club
1936	Geelong
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1936.
Career highlights
	Collingwood premiership player 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Charlie Dibbs (3 April 1905 – 22 November 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Magpies in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s and 1930s.

Charlie Dibbs was born Charles William Heaton in Carlton in 1905, the son of William George Heaton and Elizabeth (née Hodge). He took the Dibbs surname after his mother remarried following his father's death.

Most of Dibbs' football career was spent at fullback, and he was a member of the Collingwood side, which won four consecutive premierships. Dibbs kicked his only career goal in his 4th match and was goalless for the remaining 219 consecutive games; as of 2023, this streak remains the longest goalless streak by a single player in VFL/AFL history.^[1]

He finished his career in that league with a season as captain-coach of Geelong in 1936.

Dibbs was appointed playing coach with Latrobe in the NWFU in 1937,^[2] and also represented the NWFU in an intrastate match against the NTFA.^[3] He decided to return to the mainland after the season was over.^[4]

In 1938, Charlie was appointed coach of Williamstown, but within days of being advised that club he preferred accepting the position at Essendon of coach of the Second Eighteen side.^[5]

Dibbs was a Collingwood life member, and in 2007, he was inducted into the Magpies' Hall of Fame.^[6]

References

^ "Miscellaneous Goal Kicking Records". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
^ "FOOTBALL. LATROBE COACH". The Advocate (Australia). Tasmania, Australia. 1 April 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 6 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "NORTH WEST DEFEATS NORTH AFTER HIGH-CLASS DISPLAY". The Advocate (Australia). Tasmania, Australia. 21 June 1937. p. 5. Retrieved 6 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "LATROBE FOOTBALL CLUB". The Advocate (Australia). Tasmania, Australia. 26 October 1937. p. 6. Retrieved 6 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "RIVAL CLAIMS FOR FOOTBALLER". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 28, 560. Victoria, Australia. 5 March 1938. p. 14. Retrieved 6 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Seven greats inducted". Official AFL Website of the Collingwood Football Club. 20 March 2007. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2011.

External links

Charlie Dibbs's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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[1] "Miscellaneous Goal Kicking Records". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

[2] "FOOTBALL. LATROBE COACH". The Advocate (Australia). Tasmania, Australia. 1 April 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 6 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "NORTH WEST DEFEATS NORTH AFTER HIGH-CLASS DISPLAY". The Advocate (Australia). Tasmania, Australia. 21 June 1937. p. 5. Retrieved 6 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "LATROBE FOOTBALL CLUB". The Advocate (Australia). Tasmania, Australia. 26 October 1937. p. 6. Retrieved 6 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[5] "RIVAL CLAIMS FOR FOOTBALLER". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 28, 560. Victoria, Australia. 5 March 1938. p. 14. Retrieved 6 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[6] "Seven greats inducted". Official AFL Website of the Collingwood Football Club. 20 March 2007. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2011.

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v t e Collingwood Football Club 1927/28/29/30 VFL premiers
1927: Collingwood 2.13 (25) defeated Richmond 1.7 (13), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1928: Collingwood 13.18 (96) defeated Richmond 9.9 (63), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1929: Collingwood 11.13 (79) defeated Richmond 7.8 (50), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1930: Collingwood 14.16 (100) defeated Geelong 9.16 (70), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
2/1/4/5. Beveridge 4/5/6. A. Collier 5/6/7. H. Collier 6/10/11. Clayden 7/8. G. Coventry 8/9. S. Coventry (c) 9/10. Chesswas 10/11/12. Dibbs 14/13/17/19. Libbis 15/19/18/20. Makeham 20/18/19/21. Murphy 22/24/26. Rumney
Coach: McHale

v t e Collingwood Football Club 1935 VFL premiers
Collingwood 11.12 (78) defeated South Melbourne 7.16 (58), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
4. Bowyer 5. Carmody 7. A. Collier 8. H. Collier (c) 9. Coventry 10. Dibbs 11. Doherty 13. Froude 14. Fraser 15. Pannam 17. Kyne 18. Morgan 22. Rumney 23. Riley 24. Ross 25. Regan 27. Stackpole 28. Whelan 29. Woods
Coach: McHale

v t e Coaches of the Geelong Football Club
VFL/AFL	1910–1911: Hickinbotham 1912–1913: Eason 1914: Orchard 1923: Taylor 1924: Hagger 1925–1927: Rankin 1928: Fitzmaurice 1929–1930: Coghlan 1931: Clymo 1932: Hickey 1933–1934: Coghlan 1935: Parratt 1936: Dibbs 1936–1940: Hickey 1940: Everett 1941: Metherell 1944: Arklay 1945–1959: Hickey 1960–1965: Davis 1966–1970: Pianto 1971–1972: McMaster 1973–1975: Farmer 1976–1979: Olsson 1980–1982: Goggin 1983–1985: Hafey 1986–1988: Devine 1989–1994: Blight 1995–1999: Ayres 2000–2010: Thompson 2011–: Scott
AFL Women's	2019–2021: Hood 2022 (S6)–: Lowther
Italics denote caretaker coach