| John Charlesworth | |
| Position1: | Center |
| Birth Date: | October 13, 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Clarksburg, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| College: | Yale University |
| Playing Years1: | 1925–1927 |
| Playing Team1: | Yale |
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John Dudley Charlesworth (October 13, 1902 – September 28, 1962) was an American football player.
Charlesworth enrolled at Yale University and, while there, played on the Yale Bulldogs football team in 1925 and 1927.[1] He was a consensus choice for the 1927 College Football All-America Team.[2]
Charlesworth graduated from Yale in 1929. He was married and had a son, John D. Charlesworth, Jr. He worked as a sales executive at the Shatz Painting Company in Manhattan. In September 1962, he died from a heart attack at his home on East 77th Street after returning home from eating out.[3]