Charlie Pearson 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 Essendon during the 1880s. He is credited as being one of the first people to attempt high flying marks where a player jumps on the back of another in order to take a mark. Nicknamed the ''Commotion'', he was considered one of the finest players of his era. Due to his work at a rural sheep station in Queensland he only played sporadically for Essendon. In the 1920s, he was reported to be managing a cattle station in Argentina.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pearson, Charlie Essendon Football Club (VFA) players Place of birth missing Australian rules footballers from Queensland Year of birth missing Year of death missing