Charlie Merton

Charlie Merton (24 November 1918 – 30 August 2000) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Charlie Merton
Personal information
Full name Charlie Merton
Date of birth (1918-11-24)24 November 1918
Date of death 30 August 2000(2000-08-30) (aged 81)
Original team(s) Muckatah
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939 Footscray 3 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Merton apparently tied with the winner in the 1938 - Murray Football League O'Dwyer Medal, but strangely has not been recognised as a joint winner of the award.[2]


Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 606. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "1938 - Murray Football League - O'Dwyer Medal". Trove Newspapers. Cobram Courier. Retrieved 17 May 2020.


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