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Charlie Young (footballer, born 1918)

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Charlie Young
Personal information
Full name Charles William Young
Date of birth (1918-10-10)10 October 1918
Date of death 22 March 1969(1969-03-22) (aged 50)
Place of death Port Welshpool, Victoria
Original team(s) North Carlton
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1937 Fitzroy 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Charles William Young (10 October 1918 – 22 March 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

He died in an explosion on the survey ship Western Spruce at Port Welshpool in 1969.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 979. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Western Spruce explosion finding". The Canberra Times. Vol. 43, , no. 12, 404. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 August 1969. p. 3.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)