Charlie McCartney explained
| Charlie McCartney |
| Fullname: | Charles Patrick McCartney |
| Birth Date: | 17 March 1873 |
| Birth Place: | West Melbourne, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Colac, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | West Melbourne |
| Statsend: | 1899 |
| Years1: | 1897 |
| Games Goals1: | 13 (0) |
| Years2: | 1899 |
| Games Goals2: | 4 (0) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 17 (0) |
Charles Patrick McCartney[1] (17 March 1873 — 26 May 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
Family
The son of Francis McCartney (1840-1895), and Ann McCartney (1840-1898),[3] née Ryan, Charles Patrick McCartney was born on 17 March 1873.
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]
References
- Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
- Essendon Football Team, Melbourne Punch, (Thursday, 1 June 1899), p.21—note that McCartney is identified as "M'Carty".
Notes and References
- Several official records (including Victorian BDM records) and news articles spell his surname as MacArtney but official football records have McCartney
- Holmesby & Main (2014), p.567.
- News: Family Notices . The Argus . 16,207 . Victoria, Australia . 14 June 1898 . 1.
- News: Family Notices . The Argus . 24,474 . Victoria, Australia . 15 January 1925 . 1.
- News: GOSSIP. . . 793 . Victoria, Australia . 28 April 1896 . 6.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108482390 'Onlooker', "South v. Melbourne: The Red and White Defeated", The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 15 May 1897), p.3.
- News: WEST MELBOURNE V. HAWTHORN. . North Melbourne Gazette . V . 4 . Victoria, Australia . 24 June 1898 . 3.
- News: FOOTBALL. . The Argus . 16,506 . Victoria, Australia . 1 June 1899 . 7.
- News: Presentation To Workman. . Williamstown Chronicle . 4772 . Victoria, Australia . 9 March 1940 . 1.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22731202 Deaths: Macartney, The Argus, (Friday, 27 May 1949), p.12.
