Charlie Stanbridge

Charlie Stanbridge
Personal information
Date of birth	9 January 1899
Date of death	13 February 1971 (aged 72)
Original team(s)	Williamstown (VFA)
Height / weight	191 cm / 86 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1925–1929	South Melbourne	69 (12)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.

Charles Stanbridge (9 January 1899 – 13 February 1971)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL during the 1920s.

Stanbridge began his senior career in the Victorian Football Association at Williamstown in 1921, where he was a member of the club's premiership team. He crossed to Port Melbourne for the following three seasons, winning a premiership with the club in 1922.^[2] He then joined VFL club South Melbourne in 1925, where he played for five seasons, winning South's best and fairest award in 1928 and being appointed captain for the 1929 season. Stanbridge also represented Victoria in interstate football, appearing seven times. He returned to Williamstown, and won a Recorder Cup and VFA Medal during his time with the club, which he coached in 1933.^[3]

References

1. "Charles Stanbridge - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
2. "C. Stanbridge – best and fairest in Association". Sporting Globe. Melbourne, VIC. 16 September 1933. p. 3.
3. Fiddian, Marc (2013). The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. Melbourne Sports Books. p. 56.

External links

• Charlie Stanbridge's statistics from AFL Tables

The Victorian Football League’s Interstate team that drew with South Australia, in Adelaide, 13.10 (88) to 11.22 (88) on Saturday, 16 June 1928.
Back Row: Jack Moriarty, Albert "Leeter" Collier, Hugh Dunbar, Gordon "Nuts" Coventry, Bob Johnson, Jack Baggott.
Second Row: Jack Vosti, Charlie Stanbridge, Arthur Stevens, Alex Duncan, Dick Taylor, Ted Baker.
Front Row: Basil McCormack, Arthur Rayson, Alan Geddes (vice-captain), Syd Coventry (captain), Barney Carr, Arthur “Bull” Coghlan, Herbert White.