Charlie Culph

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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

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

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Charlie Culph

| image =

| fullname = Charles Harrison Culph

| birth_date = 24 October 1920

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|10|5|1920|10|24|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = Port Melbourne

| height = 175 cm

| weight = 72 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1944

| years1 = 1942–1944

| club1 = South Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 19 (55)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Charles Harrison Culph (24 October 1920 – 5 October 2007){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Charlie%2BCulph/6933|title=Charlie Culph - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=13 November 2014}} was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}

Culph, a forward, was South Melbourne's leading goal-kicker in the 1943 VFL season.{{cite book|last=Lovett, Michael|title=AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL| publisher=AFL Publishing|year=2004|isbn=0-9580300-5-7}} He kicked 35 goals from his 11 appearances that year, with a best of six goals in a win over Melbourne at Punt Road Oval.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/C/Charlie_Culph.html AFL Tables: Charlie Culph]

He returned to his original club, Port Melbourne, in 1945 and remained with the club until his retirement in 1951, playing 117 games. Culph was a member of their 1947 premiership team and topped their goal-kicking in 1949.[http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-118-10462-0-0&sID=56265&articleID=4882389&news_task=DETAIL SportingPulse: Vale - Charlie Culph]