Charlie Davey (11 May 1908 – 14 August 1991) 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 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).
Recruited from the Chelsea Football Club, Davey made his debut for the
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition.
Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Mel ...
in Round 18 of the 1927 season.
In his first VFL match,
against St Kilda, on 10 September 1927, playing at centre half-forward, he kicked six goals.
He had been a last minute inclusion in the senior team (due to injuries and suspensions to selected players), and he had not been in the selected team announced on the Saturday morning. According to ''The Argus'',
::"
he new manDavey showed great promise. Davey is a tall young player, who marks splendidly, and should be a success on the forward line, his six goals being a fine performance. He is aged 19 years, and is 6ft. 3½in.
92cm.in height".
The next match,
the 1927 Semi-Final that Carlton lost to Richmond 12.10 (82) to 11.10 (76), he played at full-forward and kicked one goal.
He was soon moved into the ruck, and became one of the VFL's best ruckmen of his day.
[He was selected in the second ruck for his third senior game, in round 4 or 1928]
Football: The Teams: Carlton v. St Kilda, ''The Argus'', (Friday, 11 May 1928), p.6.
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He was strong and versatile in the ruck, a reliable kick, and an outstanding strong mark. He was renowned for his use of his body strength to create space for his smaller team-mates.
In 1933, he survived electrocution.
He was Carlton's captain in 1935.
He retired prematurely at the end of the 1937 season, due to a chronic knee injury, having played 143 senior games for Carlton, and having kicked 121 goals.
He also played 17 games for Victoria.
He served on the Carlton Committee from 1938 until December 1964.
In 1994 he was posthumously inducted into the Carlton Hall of Fame.
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1908 births
1991 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
Carlton Football Club players