Charles Coles | |
Fullname: | Charles John Clarke Coles |
Nickname: | Dummy[1] |
Birth Date: | 26 December 1878 |
Birth Place: | Geelong, Victoria |
Death Place: | Geelong, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Chilwell |
Height: | 183 cm |
Weight: | 83 kg[2] |
Position: | Follower |
Statsend: | 1904 |
Years1: | 1897–1904 |
Club1: | Geelong |
Games Goals1: | 72 (81) |
Charles John Clarke Coles (26 December 1878 – 20 August 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was a skilled follower with a nice kick. However, his career was ruined through a broken leg in 1904. He died in 1942 after being struck on the chin while acting as a doorkeeper at the Palais Royal Dance Hall in Geelong.[3]