Charlie Bartling

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Charlie Bartling

| image =

| fullname = Charles Frederick Ernest Bartling

| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|06|03|df=y}}

| birth_place = Northcote, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|01|30|1912|06|03|df=y}}

| death_place = Chelsea, Victoria

| originalteam = Aspendale / St Kilda Reserves

| height = 183 cm

| weight = 76 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1937

| years1 = 1935–1936

| club1 = {{AFL NM}}

| games_goals1 = 13 (1)

| years2 = 1937

| club2 = {{AFL Fit}}

| games_goals2 = 2 (0)

| games_goalstotal = 15 (1)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Charles Frederick Ernest Bartling (3 June 1912 – 30 January 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=49}}

He later served in the Australian Army in World War II,{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&VeteranId=512378 |title=World War II Roll:Charles Bartling |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia}} spending a year in New Guinea before fracturing his wrist and being declared unfit for rifle duty. He was discharged in November 1945.{{cite book | last=Cullen | first=Barbara | title=Harder than football : league players at war | year=2015 | page= 247 |publication-date=2015 | location=Richmond, Victoria | publisher=Slattery Media Group | isbn=978-0-9923791-4-8}}