Charlie McCartney

Charles Patrick McCartney[1] (26 February 1874 — 26 May 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

This article is about the Australian rules footballer. For the cricketer, see Charlie Macartney. For the English footballer, see Charlie MacCartney.

Charlie McCartney
Personal information
Full name Charles Patrick McCartney
Date of birth (1874-02-26)26 February 1874
Place of birth West Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 26 May 1949(1949-05-26) (aged 75)
Place of death Colac, Victoria
Original team(s) West Melbourne
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897 South Melbourne 13 (0)
1899 Essendon 04 (0)
Total 17 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Francis McCartney (1840-1895), and Ann McCartney (1840-1898),[3] née Ryan, Charles Patrick McCartney was born on 26 February 1874.

He married Alice Maud Felton (1877-1925)[4] in 1904. He later married Jessie Wilhelmina Rachel Johnson (1866-1946), née Gail, in 1933.

Football

McCartney first played with West Melbourne in the junior competition and joined South Melbourne for the 1896 VFA season.[5] He played for South Melbourne in its first VFL match, against Melbourne, at the Lake Oval, on 8 May 1897.[6]

In 1898 he returned to West Melbourne, the team wearing crepe in the week following his mother's death.[7]

In 1899 McCartney returned to the VFL, this time playing with Essendon.[8]

Later life

McCartney worked for the International Harvester Company for nearly fifty years, retiring in 1940.[9]

Death

Charles Patrick McCartney died at Colac on 26 May 1949.[10]

Notes
  1. Several official records (including Victorian BDM records) and news articles spell his surname as MacArtney but official football records have McCartney
  2. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.567.
  3. "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 16, 207. Victoria, Australia. 14 June 1898. p. 1.
  4. "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 24, 474. Victoria, Australia. 15 January 1925. p. 1.
  5. "GOSSIP". Sportsman. No. 793. Victoria, Australia. 28 April 1896. p. 6.
  6. 'Onlooker', "South v. Melbourne: The Red and White Defeated", The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 15 May 1897), p.3.
  7. "WEST MELBOURNE V. HAWTHORN". North Melbourne Gazette. Vol. V, no. 4. Victoria, Australia. 24 June 1898. p. 3.
  8. "FOOTBALL". The Argus. No. 16, 506. Victoria, Australia. 1 June 1899. p. 7.
  9. "Presentation To Workman". Williamstown Chronicle. No. 4772. Victoria, Australia. 9 March 1940. p. 1.
  10. Deaths: Macartney, The Argus, (Friday, 27 May 1949), p.12.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
  • Essendon Football Team, Melbourne Punch, (Thursday, 1 June 1899), p.21—note that McCartney is identified as "M'Carty".


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