Charlie Armstrong (footballer)

Charles Stanley Armstrong (10 March 1883 – 2 June 1954) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Charlie Armstrong
Personal information
Full name Charles Stanley Armstrong
Date of birth (1883-03-10)10 March 1883
Place of birth Holbrook, New South Wales
Date of death 2 June 1954(1954-06-02) (aged 71)
Place of death Glen Huntly, Victoria
Original team(s) South Yarra
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1912 Geelong 15 (3)
1913–14, 1919 Melbourne 30 (1)
Total 45 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He later served in World War I.[2]

In May 1919, an unidentified former Melbourne footballer, wrote to the football correspondent of The Argus as follows:

"In 1914 the Melbourne football team, after its junction with the University, was a fine team, and succeeded in reaching the semi-finals.
Out of this combination the following players enlisted and served at the front:—
C. Lilley (seriously wounded), J. Hassett, H. Tomkins (severely wounded), J. Evans (seriously wounded), W. Hendrie, R. L. Park, J. Doubleday (died), A. Best, C. Burge (killed), C. (viz., A.) Williamson (killed), J. Brake, R. Lowell, E. Parsons (seriously wounded), A. M. Pearce (killed), F. Lugton (killed), A. George, C. Armstrong, P. Rodriguez (killed), J. Cannole (viz., Connole), A. Fraser (seriously wounded), T. Collins.
These are all players of note, and in themselves would have formed a very fine side, but there is only one of them playing at the present time, viz., C. Lilley, who, as a matter of fact, takes the field under some disability owing to severe wounds which he received on service." — The Argus, 16 May 1919.[3]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
  3. 'Old Boy', "Football: Notes and Comments", The Argus, (Friday, 16 May 1919), p.8.
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