Charlie Dummett

Herbert Charles Dummett (9 January 1891 – 4 May 1976)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Charlie Dummett
Dummett in 1909
Personal information
Full name Herbert Charles Dummett
Date of birth (1891-01-09)9 January 1891
Place of birth Brunswick, Victoria
Date of death 4 May 1976(1976-05-04) (aged 85)
Place of death Kew, Victoria
Original team(s) Rose of Northcote
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1909, 1911 Collingwood 4 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Henry Peter James Dummett (1857-1921),[2] and Jessie Adeline Dummett (1856-1928), née Rouse,[3] Charlie Dummett was born in Brunswick on 9 January 1891.

He was the brother of Collingwood footballer Alf Dummett, and of Victorian cricketer Arthur Dummett (1900-1968).[4]

He married Amy Dorothy Bertram (1895-1974) in 1916.[5]

Footballer

Dummett made three appearances for Collingwood in the 1909 VFL season, as an 18-year-old.[6][7] He did not play at all in 1910, a Collingwood premiership season;[6] and in 1911 he played just one senior game.[6]

Although his brother, Alf Dummett, was also at Collingwood at that time, they never played together.[8]

Goal umpire

From 1927 to 1945, Dummett goal umpired 264 VFL matches, the most ever by a former player. He officiated in the 1933 and 1943 VFL Grand Finals.[9]

Death

He died on 4 May 1976.[10]

Footnotes
  1. Collingwood Forever.
  2. Deaths: Dummett, The Argus, (Wednesday, 23 February 1921), p.1.
  3. Deaths: Dummett, The Age, (Tuesday, 3 January 1928), p.1.
  4. Cricket: Geelong v. V.C.A., The Geelong Advertiser, (Tuesday, 6 April 1920), p.5.
  5. Deaths: Dummett, The Age, (Saturday, 8 June 1974), p.25.
  6. AFL Tables.
  7. Fitzroy (10.12) Beat Collingwood (9.7), The Age, (Monday, 3 May 1909), p.5.
  8. Holmesby (2007).
  9. AFLUA: Herbert Dummett.
  10. Deaths: Dummett, The Age, (Thursday, 6 May 1976), p.25.

References
  • AFLUA: Herbert Dummett Archived 10 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.


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