Charles Frederick "Chook" Zinnick (31 March 1896 – 5 August 1967) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played with
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
and
Footscray.
Family
The son of Anton August Zinnack (1856-1915), and Elizabeth Zinnack (1862-1912), née Dewson, Carl Frederick Zinnack was born at
Birkenhead, South Australia on 31 March 1896.
Football
Yarraville (VJFA)
1914, 1919, 1922,
Essendon (VFL)
1921. After a short career of 13 games at Essendon, Zinnick moved to Footscray where he played while the club was in the Victorian Football Association.
Footscray (VFA)
1922-1924
Footscray (VFL)
He played only one further VFL game before retiring shortly after Footscray joined the Victorian Football League in 1925.
Death
He died at the
Footscray Hospital
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History
Footscr ...
, in
Footscray, Victoria
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Footscray ...
on 5 August 1967.
Deaths: Zinnick, ''The Age'', (Monday, 7 August 1967), p.13.
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Notes
References
* Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
* Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
External links
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Charles "Chooka" Zinnick, at ''The VFA Project''.
1896 births
1967 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Footscray Football Club (VFA) players
Western Bulldogs players
Essendon Football Club players
Yarraville Football Club players
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