Charlie Stanbridge
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer and coach (1899–1971)}}
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Charlie Stanbridge
| image =
| full_name = Charles Arthur Stanbridge
| birth_date = {{birth date|1899|1|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Preston, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|2|13|1899|1|9|df=yes}}
| death_place = Blackburn South, Victoria
| originalteam = Williamstown (VFA)
| height = 191 cm
| weight = 86 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1929
| years1 = 1925–1929
| club1 = South Melbourne
| games_goals1 = 69 (12)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Charles Arthur Stanbridge (9 January 1899 – 13 February 1971){{cite web |url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Charles%2BStanbridge/4450 |title=Charles Stanbridge – Player Bio |publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=30 December 2014}} was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL during the 1920s.
Family
The son of Arthur Ernest Stanbridge (1872–1941), and Edith Emily Stanbridge (1871–1904), née Cockery, Charles Arthur Stanbridge was born in Preston, Victoria on 9 January 1899.
He married Elizabeth Ann Robinson (1899–1968) in 1920.
Military service
With his father's formal permission, he enlisted in the First AIF in July 1917.
Football
[[Image:VIctorian Football League Interstate Team-(1928).jpeg|thumb|300px|right|The Victorian Football League's Interstate team that drew with South Australia, in Adelaide, 13.10 (88) to 11.22 (88) on Saturday, 16 June 1928.
Back Row: Jack Moriarty, Albert "Leeter" Collier, Hugh Dunbar, Gordon "Nuts" Coventry, Bob Johnson, Jack Baggott.
Second Row: Jack Vosti, Charlie Stanbridge, Arthur Stevens, Alex Duncan, Dick Taylor, Ted Baker.
Front Row: Basil McCormack, Arthur Rayson, Allan Geddes (vice-captain), Syd Coventry (captain), Barney Carr, Arthur "Bull" Coghlan, Herbert White.]]
=Williamstown (VFA)=
Stanbridge began his senior career in the Victorian Football Association at Williamstown in 1921, where he was a member of the club's premiership team.
=Port Melbourne (VFA)=
He crossed to Port Melbourne for the following three seasons, winning a premiership with the club in 1922.{{cite news|newspaper=Sporting Globe|publication-place=Melbourne|title=C. Stanbridge – best and fairest in Association|page=3|date=16 September 1933}}
=South Melbourne (VFL)=
He joined VFL club South Melbourne in 1925, where he played for five seasons, winning South's best and fairest award in 1928 and being appointed captain for the 1929 season. Stanbridge also represented Victoria in interstate football, appearing seven times.
=Williamstown (VFA)=
He returned to Williamstown, and won a Recorder Cup and VFA Medal during his time with the club, which he coached in 1933.{{cite book|last=Fiddian|first=Marc|title=The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995|year=2013|publisher=Melbourne Sports Books|page=56}}
=Camberwell (VFA)=
Stanbridge played a practice match with Camberwell and applied for a clearance from williamstown in early 1934, but started the season with Williamstown, before crossing over to play with Camberwell in late June, 1934. Ended up playing six games in 1934.{{cite web |title=1934 - Camberwell v Brunswick |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243166367 |via=Trove Newspapers |work=The Herald |access-date=9 December 2020 |pages=16 |date=22 June 1934}}
=South Melbourne Districts=
Death
Footnotes
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References
- [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2027240 "Punched Unconscious": Baker Fined for Assault, The Argus, (Saturday, 17 January 1925), p.29.]
- [https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1068935/large/5363232.JPG World War One Nominal Roll: Private Charles Arthur Stanbridge (6901), Australian War Memorial.]
- [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=8093398&D=D World War One Service Record: Private Charles Arthur Stanbridge (6901), National Archives of Australia.]
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{AFL Tables|ref=C/Charles_Stanbridge.html}}
- [http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Charlie+Stanbridge Charlie Stanbridge: Boyles Football Photos.]
- [http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Stanbridge,_Charlie.php Stanbridge, Charlie, The VFA Project.]
{{Sydney Swans captains}}
{{Bob Skilton Medal}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
Category:Port Melbourne Football Club players
Category:Port Melbourne Football Club coaches
Category:Williamstown Football Club players
Category:Williamstown Football Club coaches
Category:Camberwell Football Club players
Category:Bob Skilton Medal winners
Category:Australian military personnel of World War I