Charles Harrison Culph (24 October 1920 – 5 October 2007) 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 South Melbourne 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). Culph, a forward, was South Melbourne's leading goal-kicker in the

1943 VFL season The 1943 VFL season was the 47th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. As in 1942, only eleven of the league's twelve clubs competed, with remaining in recess ...

. He kicked 35 goals from his 11 appearances that year, with a best of six goals in a win over

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

at Punt Road Oval.AFL Tables: Charlie Culph
/ref> He returned to his original club, Port Melbourne, in 1945 and remained with the club until his retirement in 1951, playing 117 games. Culph was a member of their 1947 premiership team and topped their goal-kicking in 1949.SportingPulse: Vale - Charlie Culph
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Culph, Charlie 1920 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sydney Swans players Port Melbourne Football Club players 2007 deaths