Charles Patrick McCartney (17 March 1873 — 26 May 1949) 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 and

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in the

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(VFL).

Family

The son of Francis McCartney (1840-1895), and Ann McCartney (1840-1898), née Ryan, Charles Patrick McCartney was born on 17 March 1873. He married Alice Maud Felton (1877-1925) in 1904. He later married Jessie Wilhelmina Rachel Johnson (1866-1946), née Gail, in 1933.

Football

McCartney first played with West Melbourne in the junior competition and joined South Melbourne for the 1896 VFA season. He played for South Melbourne in its first VFL match, against Melbourne, at the Lake Oval, on 8 May 1897. In 1898 he returned to West Melbourne, the team wearing crepe in the week following his mother's death. In 1899 McCartney returned to the VFL, this time playing with Essendon.

Later life

McCartney worked for the International Harvester Company for nearly fifty years, retiring in 1940.

Death

Charles Patrick McCartney died at Colac on 26 May 1949.Deaths: Macartney, ''The Argus'', (Friday, 27 May 1949), p.12.
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Notes

References

* * Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
Essendon Football Team, ''Melbourne Punch'', (Thursday, 1 June 1899), p.21
��note that McCartney is identified as "M'Carty".

External links

* * 1873 births 1949 deaths Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Sydney Swans players Essendon Football Club players People from West Melbourne, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub