Charles Coles (footballer)

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Charles Coles

Personal information
Full name	Charles John Clarke Coles
Nickname(s)	Dummy^[1]
Date of birth	(1878-12-26)26 December 1878
Place of birth	Geelong, Victoria
Date of death	20 August 1942(1942-08-20) (aged 63)
Place of death	Geelong, Victoria
Original team(s)	Chilwell
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)^[2]
Position(s)	Follower
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1897–1904	Geelong	72 (81)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Charles John Clarke Coles (26 December 1878 – 20 August 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was a skilled follower with a nice kick. However, his career was ruined through a broken leg in 1904. He died in 1942 after being struck on the chin while acting as a doorkeeper at the Palais Royal Dance Hall in Geelong.^[3]

References

^ "Charlie Coles – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers (7th ed.). Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
^ "DEATH AFTER BLOW". The Argus. Melbourne. 21 August 1942. p. 3.

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Geelong Football Club · leading goalkickers

AFL

1897: James
1898: James
1899: James
1900: Lockwood
1901: Coles
1902: Woods
1903: Woods
1904: Woods
1905: Woods
1906: Roebuck
1907: Sherry
1908: Hardiman
1909: Martini
1910: Martini
1911: Martini
1912: Martini
1913: Martini
1914: Martini
1915: Brownlees
1917: Martini
1918: Martini
1919: Martini
1920: Rankin
1921: Rankin
1922: Rankin
1923: Rankin
1924: Hagger
1925: Hagger
1926: Hagger
1927: Hagger
1928: Chambers
1929: Plunkett
1930: Kuhlken
1931: Moloney
1932: Moloney
1933: Moloney
1934: Metherell
1935: Evans
1936: Metherell
1937: Metherell
1938: Helmer
1939: Glenister
1940: Grant
1941: White
1944: White
1945: V. Nankervis
1946: Renfrey
1947: White
1948: White
1949: White
1950: Goninon
1951: Goninon
1952: Goninon
1953: Goninon
1954: Flanagan
1955: Rayson
1956: Rayson
1957: Wooller
1958: Trezise
1959: Wooler
1960: Wooler
1961: Wade
1962: Wade
1963: Wade
1964: Wade
1965: Andrews
1966: Wade
1967: Wade
1968: Wade
1969: Wade
1970: Wade
1971: Wade
1972: Wade
1973: Clarke
1974: Sarah
1975: I. Nankveris/Donohue
1976: Donohue
1977: Donohue
1978: Donohue
1979: Clarke
1980: Bright
1981: Bright
1982: Turner
1983: Bright
1984: Jackson
1985: Ablett Sr.
1986: Ablett Sr.
1987: Lindner
1988: Ablett Sr.
1989: Ablett Sr.
1990: Ablett Sr.
1991: Brownless
1992: Brownless
1993: Ablett Sr.
1994: Ablett Sr.
1995: Ablett Sr.
1996: Ablett Sr.
1997: Burns
1998: Burns/Spinks
1999: Burns
2000: Burns/Mensch
2001: Burns/Graham
2002: Kingsley
2003: Kingsley
2004: Kingsley
2005: Kingsley
2006: Ablett Jr.
2007: Mooney
2008: Johnson
2009: Mooney
2010: Johnson
2011: Podsiadly
2012: Hawkins
2013: Hawkins
2014: Hawkins
2015: Hawkins
2016: Hawkins
2017: Hawkins
2018: Hawkins
2019: Hawkins
2020: Hawkins
2021: Hawkins
2022: Hawkins
2023: Cameron
2024: Cameron

AFL Women's

2019: Clifford
2020: Cranston
2021: Cranston
2022 (S6): McWilliams
2022 (S7): Scheer
2023: Scheer
2024: Moloney

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