George William Athol Sharp (1 April 1894 – 19 April 1969) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with

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in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL). Sharp, a forward, was recruited by Carlton from Moonee Ponds. He missed out on playing in Carlton's 1914 premiership team through injury but was a

forward pocket In the sport of Australian rules football, each of the eighteen players in a team is assigned to a particular named position on the field of play. These positions describe both the player's main role and by implication their location on the gro ...

and second rover in their

1915 VFL Grand Final The 1915 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 18 September 1915. It was the 18th annual Grand Fi ...

winning side.AFL Tables: Athol Sharp
/ref> In 1916 he missed another grand final, with a broken collarbone, but Carlton would lose on that occasion. He served his country during the war and then returned to Carlton for one final season in 1920.

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1894 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Carlton Football Club players Carlton Football Club premiership players 1969 deaths VFL/AFL premiership players {{AFL-bio-1894-stub