Charlie Whitehead (18 May 1899 – 16 November 1972) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played with
St Kilda 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) and
Sturt in the
South Australian National Football League
The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport.
Originally formed as the ...
(SANFL).
Football
Sturt (SAFL/SANFL)
Whitehead played at Sturt with his brother Reg and they were both followers in the 1926 premiership winning team.
He was club captain in the 1928 season.
A
ruckman, Whitehead kicked 16 goals from the 11 interstate games which he played for South Australia, including matches at the
1927 Melbourne Carnival
The 1927 Melbourne Carnival was the sixth Australian National Football Carnival: an Australian rules football interstate competition.
New South Wales caused the biggest upset of the carnival when they defeated Tasmania by three points and, also, ...
and
1930 Adelaide Carnival
The 1930 Adelaide Carnival was the seventh edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football interstate competition. It was held from 30 July to 9 August and was the second carnival to be hosted by the South Austr ...
.
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St Kilda (VFL)
In 1932 he returned to Melbourne to spend a season with St Kilda, but resigned in early August, citing his dissatisfaction at having been demoted to the reserves.[''The Mail, Adelaide'']
"Whitehead Resigns From St. Kilda"
6 August 1932. p. 10
Sturt (SANFL)
He finished his career back at Sturt, where he played for two more years.
See also
* 1927 Melbourne Carnival
The 1927 Melbourne Carnival was the sixth Australian National Football Carnival: an Australian rules football interstate competition.
New South Wales caused the biggest upset of the carnival when they defeated Tasmania by three points and, also, ...
Footnotes
1899 births
1972 deaths
Australian rules footballers from South Australia
Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
St Kilda Football Club players
Sturt Football Club players
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