Charlie Goding

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Charlie Goding

| image =

| fullname = Charles Alfred Goding

| birth_date = 3 August 1876

| birth_place = Melbourne

| death_date = {{death date and age|1926|9|5|1876|8|3|df=yes}}

| death_place = Caulfield, Victoria

| height =

| weight =

| position =

| statsend = 1904

| years1 = 1897

| club1 = Melbourne

| games_goals1 = {{0}}4 {{0}}(1)

| years2 = 1899–1904

| club2 = South Melbourne

| games_goals2 = 63 (60)

| games_goalstotal = 67 (61)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Charles Alfred Goding (3 August 1876 – 5 September 1926){{cite web |url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Charlie%2BGoding/1025 |title=Charlie Goding - Player Bio |publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=28 December 2014}} was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Goding started his VFL career at Melbourne, for the inaugural league season in 1897.{{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}} He joined South Melbourne in 1899 and was a centre half-back in their team which lost that year's grand final.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/C/Charlie_Goding.html AFL Tables: Charlie Goding] From 1901 he played as a forward. In his first season up forward he kicked 19 goals, finishing one goal behind Harry Lampe in the South Melbourne goal-kicking. He equaled that tally in 1902 and kicked another 10 goals in 1903, winning the club's goal-kicking award on each occasion.

His sole representative match came in 1901, when he appeared for the VFL against South Australia.{{cite web| url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/interstate_football_is_born.htm| title=Interstate Football Is Born| publisher=Full Points Footy| access-date=7 November 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127184940/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/interstate_football_is_born.htm| archive-date=27 January 2012| url-status=usurped}}

He also played for Essendon Association in the Victorian Football Association, after leaving South Melbourne.{{cite web| url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/g.htm#Harry%20Goding%20%28South%20Melbourne%20&%20Essendon%20Association%29| title=Charlie Goding (South Melbourne & Essendon Association)| publisher=Full Points Footy| access-date=7 November 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204133902/http://fullpointsfooty.net/g.htm#Harry%20Goding%20%28South%20Melbourne%20&%20Essendon%20Association%29| archive-date=4 February 2012| url-status=usurped}}