Charlie MacKay
Australian rules footballer and medical specialist
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Charles Vincent MacKay (3 May 1880 – 26 April 1953) was a noted Australian medical specialist and an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2][3]
Woods Point, Victoria
South Yarra, Victoria
| Charlie MacKay | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Charles Vincent MacKay | ||
| Born |
3 May 1880[1] Woods Point, Victoria | ||
| Died |
26 April 1953 (aged 72) South Yarra, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Trinity College | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1905–06 | Melbourne | 12 (7) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
The son of Donald MacKay (1849–1934),[4] and Eleanor (a.k.a. "Helen") MacKay (1855–1930), née Vincent,[5][6] Charles Vincent MacKay was born at Woods Point, Victoria on 3 May 1880.[7]
He married Rose Nita née Collins, née Mackay (1890–1973) in Marylebone, London, England in 1927.
Football
Charles MacKay played VFL football while studying medicine at Trinity College.[8]
Medicine
He graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne at the end of 1905.[9]
Following his graduation, MacKay worked in several Melbourne hospitals, completing a Doctorate of Medicine by Thesis in 1910,[10] and taking on the role of medical superintendent of the Melbourne Hospital in 1911.[11]
Military service
At the outbreak of World War I, MacKay joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in England,[12] where he was twice Mentioned in Despatches. Promoted to lieutenant-colonel, he took command of the No 80 General Hospital in Salonika during the latter stages of the war.[13]
Post-war Medicine
MacKay remained in England for several years following the war;[14][15] and, after returning to Australia, he served as medical assistant to the director of the Australian Institute of Anatomy, Canberra, in 1936, and as acting director in 1937.[16]
MacKay was appointed as director of the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria in 1939.[17]
During World War II, he was wartime executive medical officer of the Medical Equipment Control Committee, and after the war, he joined the Cancer Institute as a secretary and later served as its executive medical officer.[18]
Death
He died at his residence on 26 April 1953.[19]
