Charlie Pierce (footballer) explained

Charlie Pierce
Fullname:Charles Thomas Pierce
Birth Date:3 February 1917
Birth Place:Hawthorn, Victoria
Height:182 cm
Weight:72 kg
Statsend:1939
Years1:1937–1939
Games Goals1:17 (13)
Years2:1939
Games Goals2:1 (0)
Games Goalstotal:18 (13)

Charles Thomas Pierce (3 February 1917 – 30 August 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

1937 Best First-Year Players

In September 1937, The Argus selected Pierce in its team of 1937's first-year players.[2]

Best First-Year Players (1937)
BacksBernie Treweek
(Fitzroy)
Reg Henderson
(Richmond)
Lawrence Morgan
(Fitzroy)
H/BacksGordon Waters
(Hawthorn)
Bill Cahill
(Essendon)
Eddie Morcom
(North Melbourne)
Centre LineTed Buckley
(Melbourne)
George Bates
(Richmond)
Jack Kelly
(St Kilda)
H/ForwardsCol Williamson
(St Kilda)
Ray Watts
(Essendon)
Don Dilks
(Footscray)
ForwardsLou Sleeth
(Richmond)
Sel Murray
(North Melbourne)
Charlie Pierce
(Hawthorn)
Rucks/RoverReg Garvin
(St Kilda)
Sandy Patterson
(South Melbourne)
Des Fothergill
(Collingwood)
Second RuckLawrence MorganCol WilliamsonLou Sleeth

Notes and References

  1. 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 . 706.
  2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11080747 Football Season's Many Good Recruits, The Argus, (Tuesday, 7 September 1937), p.14.