Charlie Van Der Bist

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1915}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}

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| name = Charlie Van Der Bist

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| fullname = Charles John Van Der Bist

| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|06|15|df=y}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1970|05|06|1915|06|15|df=y}}

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| originalteam = Rochester, Mordialloc

| height = 166 cm

| weight = 77 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1940

| years1 = 1939–40

| club1 = {{AFL Haw}}

| games_goals1 = 7 (7)

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Charlie Van Der Bist (15 June 1915 – 6 May 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn 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=907}}

Originally from Rochester,{{cite web |title=1937 - BENDIGO FOOTBALL LEAGUE EXPECTS GOOD SEASON |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225718946 |publisher=Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic) |access-date=20 May 2021 |pages=77 |date=1 May 1937}} he played with Mordialloc{{cite web |title=1939 - A Robertson |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205984757 |publisher=The Age |access-date=20 May 2021 |pages=7 |date=10 March 1939}} in 1938, winning the Frankston (Federal) Football League best and fairest award,{{cite web |title=1939 - Abikhair At Fitzroy |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243366157 |publisher=The Herald |access-date=20 May 2021 |pages=30 |date=3 May 1939}} before playing with Hawthorn in 1939 and 1940.{{cite web |title=1940 - Who's who of Football: No. 11 Hawthorn |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188808634 |publisher=Sporting Globe |access-date=20 May 2021 |pages=5 |date=29 June 1940}}

In 1939, Van Der Bist was hit by Ron Barassi Senior in a match against Melbourne.{{cite web |title=1939 - Player Reported |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180880879 |publisher=Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic) |access-date=20 May 2021 |pages=3 |date=1 July 1939}} Barassi later received a four-week suspension.{{cite web |title=1939 - Barassi Out for Four Weeks |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204938321 |publisher=The Age |access-date=20 May 2021 |pages=6 |date=5 July 1939}}

Van Der Bist won the 1951 Central Gippsland Football League goal kicking award with 67 goals, playing for Warragul Football Club.{{cite web |title=1951 - Central Gippsland Football Followers |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224479838/24196548# |publisher=Weekly Times |access-date=20 May 2021 |pages=5 |date=10 October 1951}}

In 1933, Van Der Bist was shot in the face with a shot gun when out shooting hares.{{cite web |title=1933 - SHOOTING ACCIDENT |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204373497 |publisher=The Age |access-date=20 May 2021 |pages=5 |date=3 August 1933}}

Van Der Bist represented the Echuca Cricket Association at Melbourne Country Week in 1937.{{cite web |title=1937 - District Personals |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219772209 |publisher=Goulburn Valley Stock and Property Journal (Vic) |access-date=20 May 2021 |pages=6 |date=24 February 1937}}{{cite web |title=1937 - FEW COUNTRY BATSMEN IN TRUE FORM |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244640603?searchTerm=vanderbist |publisher=The Herald |access-date=20 May 2021 |pages=23 |date=8 March 1937}}

Van Der Bist was enlisted in the Australian Army at Geraldton, Western Australia.{{cite web |title=C J Van Der Bist |url=https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=6048626&isAv=N |website=National Archives of Australia |access-date=20 May 2021}}