Charlie Challenger
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Fremantle, Western Australia
Fairfield, Victoria
| Charlie Challenger | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Charles Thomas Challenger | ||
| Born |
9 December 1917 Fremantle, Western Australia | ||
| Died |
28 November 1996 (aged 78) Fairfield, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Brunswick | ||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1938-1940 | Brunswick (VFA) | 39 (3) | |
| 1940 | Essendon (VFL) | 2 (0) | |
| 1940-1941 | Brunswick (VFA) | 27 (6) | |
| 1946-1947 | Brunswick (VFA) | 16 (4) | |
| Total | 84 (13) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Charles Thomas Challenger (9 December 1917 – 28 November 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
He married Margaret Ellen Donohue in 1960.
Football
Brunswick (VFA)
In April 1937, he was cleared from Plenty Rovers in the Diamond Valley Football League to the Brunswick Second XVIII.[2][3] Although not part of the regular home-and-away VFA season, Challenger played a match with the Brunswick First XVIII, in which he was declared Brunswick's "most effective player", against the Ballarat Imperial Football Club in September 1937.[4]
He played his first senior VFA home-and-away match for Brunswick, against Coburg, on 16 April 1938;[5] and, at the end of his first senior season, he was declared the club's "most improved player".[6]
He played in two VFA Grand finals:
- 1938: as a wing-man (kicking 2 goals) in Brunswick's 19-17 (131) victory over Brighton 14.14 (98).[7][8]
- 1939: as a back-pocket in Brunswick's nine point loss to Williamstown, 14.11 (95) to 14.20 (104).[9][10]
Essendon (VFL)
On 21 March 1940 he trained for the first time with Essendon.[11] He was cleared to Essendon in April 1940.[12][13]
He only played in two First XVIII games for Essendon, both on the half-forward flank: against Fitzroy on 18 May 1940,[14] and against Hawthorn on 25 May 1940.[15]
Brunswick (VFA)
He was cleared back to Brunswick from Essendon in July 1940,[16] and played his first senior match in his second time at Brunswick, in the back-pocket, against Coburg on 6 July 1940.[17]
Military service
He served in the Australian Army during World War II.[18][19]