Charles Sweatman

Charles Herbert Sweatman (29 July 1873 – 11 June 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Charles Sweatman
Personal information
Full name Charles Herbert Sweatman
Date of birth (1873-07-29)29 July 1873
Place of birth Ascot Vale, Victoria
Date of death 11 June 1915(1915-06-11) (aged 41)
Place of death Echuca, Victoria
Original team(s) Ascot Vale
Position(s) Half back / Half forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897–99 Carlton 30 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family name and given name

As is the case with another Carlton footballer, George Henry Ward (1876–1934), whose family name is mistakenly identified in all official contemporary VFL records as "Warde", Sweatman is mistakenly identified in all contemporary VFL records as "Tom Sweetman",[2]

Both of these are clerical errors, and represent entirely different circumstances from the deliberate deception involved in the case of Percy Edward Rowe (1889–1916) who, given that he was knowingly registered by Collingwood under a false name, is "correctly" registered as Paddy Rowan; or, indeed, in the case of the mysterious "Goodthur", who played in two matches for Essendon at the time that Albert Thurgood was absent, serving a three match suspension for striking St Kilda footballers Mick English and Alf Trevillian: in the back-pocket, against Fitzroy on 14 June 1902 (round 8),[3][4] and in the ruck, against Melbourne on 5 July 1902 (round 10).[5][6][7]

Family

The son of John Sweatman (-1925),[8] and Amelia Ann Sweatman (-1917), née Rixon,[9] Charles Herbert Sweatman was born on 29 July 1873.

He married Elizabeth Margaret Critney Kinley (1872-1927) in 1899. (She remarried in 1920, and became Mrs. William Robinson).

Football

He played 30 games over three seasons with Carlton.

On 1 May 1900 "C.H. Sweatman" was granted a clearance from Carlton to Essendon Town.[10]

On 22 May 1905, "C.H. Sweetman" was granted a clearance from Essendon Town to the Boulder City Football Club in the Goldfields Football League in Western Australia.[11][12]

In June 1908, "C. Sweetman" was granted a clearance from Boulder City to the Brighton Football Club.[13] Although he was (apparently) selected in the team,[14] he did not play for Brighton in the match against Northcote on 27 June 1908.[15]

Death

He died (suddenly), of heart failure, at the Echuca District Hospital on 11 June 1915.[16][17]

Footnotes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2009), p.809.
  2. De Bolfo, Tony (7 March 2019). "120 years on: Pioneer Blue's true identity revealed". carltonfc.com.au. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. League Matches: Essendon v. Fitzroy, The Herald (Saturday, 14 June 1902), p.4.
  4. "Follower" in The Age () noted that "Goodthur" (in quotes) played well.
  5. League Matches: Essendon v. Melbourne, The Herald (Saturday, 5 July 1902), p.4.
  6. "Follower" in The Age () listed "Goodthur" (in quotes) as one of Essendon's best players.
  7. Football historians Michael Maplestone and Stephen Rogers, through a process of elimination, believe that the mysterious "Goodthur" was, in fact, Fred Mann, and was not Thurgood playing under a nom de guerre (Maplestone (1996) p.61). The current VFL/AFL player statistics for Fred Mann in rounds 8 and 10 reflects their view: "Fred Mann". AFL Tables.
  8. Deaths: Sweatman, The Argus, (Tuesday, 11 August 1925), p.1.
  9. Deaths: Sweatman, The Argus, (Thursday, 15 March 1917), p.1.
  10. Football, The Age, (Thursday,3 May 1900), p.3.
  11. Goldfields Football Association, The Kalgoorlie Miner, (Tuesday, 23 May 1905), p.8.
  12. The Boulder City Football Team, The (Perth) Truth, (Saturday, 5 October 1907), p.8.
  13. Football, The Argus, (Thursday, 18 June 1908), p.9.
  14. (Team List) Brighton v. Northcote, (Saturday, 27 June 1908), p.2.
  15. [ Brighton v. Northcote, The Herald, (Saturday, 27 June 1908), p.6.]
  16. Social Brevities, The Flemington Spectator, (Thursday, 24 June 1915), p.2.
  17. Obituary, The Echuca and Moama Advertiser and Farmers' Gazette, (Saturday, 12 June 1915), p.2.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
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