Charlie Sutton
| Charlie Sutton | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Charles Alfred George Sutton | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1924 | ||
| Place of birth | Rushworth, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 5 June 2012 (aged 88) | ||
| Place of death | Footscray, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Spotswood Citizens | ||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1942–1956 | Footscray | 173 (65) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| Victoria | 18 (12) | ||
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1951–1957 | Footscray | 123 (72–50–2) | |
| 1967–1968 | Footscray | 38 (9–29–0) | |
| Total | 162 (81–79–2) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1956. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1968. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Charlie Sutton (3 April 1924 – 5 June 2012) was an
Although he served the club for many years as coach and committee man, he is perhaps best known for captaining the Bulldogs to their first VFL premiership in
Recruited from
He was captain-coach of the team from 1951 to 1955.
After his retirement as a player, Sutton coached Footscray from
In 1978 Sutton took over the position of President of the Footscray Football Club when Dick Collinson resigned.[2]
He has the Western Bulldogs best and fairest award, the Charles Sutton Medal, named in his honour.
In 1996 Sutton was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. Sutton died in 2012 at the age of 88.[3]
References
- ^ "Charlie Sutton Footscray's Best". The Age. No. 29, 757. Victoria, Australia. 11 September 1950. p. 12. Retrieved 23 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- Sheahan, Michael (30 August 1978). "Collinson quits Dogs". The Age. p. 30. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ Blake, Martin (5 June 2012). "Bulldogs legend Charlie Sutton dies". The Age. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
Bibliography
- Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
- Ross, J. (ed), The Australian Football Hall of Fame, HarperCollinsPublishers, (Pymble), 1999. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X
External links
- "AFL: Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2 October 2009.
- Charlie Sutton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- "Full Points Footy Biography: Charlie Sutton". Archived from the original on 14 May 2011.
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