Charlie Morley
Personal information
Full name Charles Henry Morley
Date of birth (1883-03-02)2 March 1883
Place of birth Strathbogie, Victoria
Date of death 13 April 1919(1919-04-13) (aged 36)
Place of death London, England
Original team(s) Paddington (NSW)
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1906 Essendon 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1906.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Lieutenant Charles Henry Morley (2 March 1883 – 13 April 1919) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1][2]

Football

Born and educated in Strathbogie, Victoria, Morley later made his way to Sydney, where he played for the Paddington Football Club.[3][4] While at Paddington he was held in high regard, described along with a teammate as "one of the two finest ruck-players in NSW".[5]

Morley, a half-back flanker with Essendon, played three VFL games, all in the 1906 VFL season.[6] Each of his appearance were in East Melbourne, the first a seven-point loss to South Melbourne in the opening round.[7] He next played in round three, when Essendon defeated Melbourne by 34 points and his final appearance, in round 11, was also in a win, over St Kilda.[7]

Military

On 17 July 1915, Morley departed Melbourne on the HMAT A67 Orsova, a member of the Siege Artillery Brigade which would be the first Australian unit to land in France.[8][9]

Morley died in London on 13 April 1919, while being transported to the Royal Herbert Hospital.[10][11] He had been suffering from bronchopneumonia.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Details: Charles Henry Morley". The AIF Project. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  3. ↑ "Strathbogie". Euroa Advertiser. Victoria. 9 May 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 16 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Football Notes". The Australasian. Melbourne. 5 May 1906. p. 21. Retrieved 16 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Paddington". Sydney Sportsman. Surrey Hills, NSW. 2 May 1906. p. 7. Retrieved 16 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Past Player Profiles – M". essendonfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Charlie Morley – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Morley Charles Henry". National Archives of Australia and Archives NZ. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Concerning People". Euroa Advertiser. Victoria. 2 May 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 17 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "Roll of Honour: Charles Henry Morley". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Red Cross Wounded and Missing: Charles Henry Morley". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.