| Charlie Whitely | |
| Fullname: | Charles Eric Whitely |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1904 |
| Birth Place: | Albury, New South Wales |
| Death Place: | Yarra Junction, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Hume Weir (O&MFL) |
| Height: | 173 cm |
| Weight: | 68 kg |
| Guernsey: | 28; 12 |
| Statsend: | 1932 |
| Years1: | 1925 |
| Games Goals1: | 1 (0) |
| Years2: | 1926 |
| Games Goals2: | 1 (1) |
| Years3: | 1926–27 |
| Club3: | Prahran (VFA) |
| Games Goals3: | 6 (2) |
| Years4: | 1927–32 |
| Club4: | Brunswick (VFA) |
| Games Goals4: | 79 (18) |
Charles Eric Whitely (12 January 1904 – 12 September 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played with and in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of William Albert James Whitely (1873–1943)[2] and Elizabeth Mary Whitely, nee Babbington (1873–1953), Charles Eric Whitely was born at Albury on 12 January 1904.
Whitely was a lightly-built wingman and half-forward who had a neat left foot stab-pass.[3]
He commenced his football career with the Hume Weir club in the Ovens & Murray Football League[4] where he played from 1922 to 1924.
In 1925 Whitely joined Richmond, making his solitary appearance in the senior team in their loss to Carlton.[5]
He transferred to Hawthorn for the 1926 VFL season and scored a goal on debut against St Kilda but also fractured a rib[6] and never again played a VFL match.
Whitely later transferred to Prahran[7] and then Brunswick in the Victorian Football Association.
In 1926 Charles Whitely married Thelma Sedgman and they lived in Melbourne with Whitely working as a mechanic until they moved to the Yarra Junction area in the early 1950s.
Charles Eric Whitely died in September 1953 and was cremated at Fawkner Memorial Park.[8]