Charles Herbert Lockyer Young (7 December 1877 – 22 February 1914) 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 the

Melbourne Football Club The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. It is based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, ...

in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He became one of the club's first premiership players, playing in the

1900 VFL Grand Final The 1900 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 22 September 1900. It was the 3rd annual Grand F ...

, under the captaincy of Dick Wardill. Young made his debut against in Round 1 of the

1897 VFL season The 1897 VFL season was the inaugural season of the Victorian Football League (1897–1989), Victorian Football League (VFL), the new highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs, ran fr ...

, at the Lake Oval, and topped the club's goalkicker tally in

1898 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...

. He has been given the Melbourne Heritage Number of 20, based on the order of his debut for the club. Young was named in 2008 as a "legend of the game" on the club's 150th anniversary.

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* 1877 births 1914 deaths Melbourne Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Melbourne Football Club Premiership players One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players People from Kew, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub