Charlie Stanbridge

Australian rules footballer and coach (1899–1971)

Australian rules footballer

Charlie Stanbridge

Personal information
Full name|  Charles Arthur Stanbridge
Date of birth|  (1899-01-09)9 January 1899
Place of birth|  Preston, Victoria
Date of death|  13 February 1971(1971-02-13) (aged 72)
Place of death|  Blackburn South, Victoria
Original team(s)|  Williamstown (VFA)
Height|  191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight|  86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years|  Club|  Games (Goals)
1925–1929|  South Melbourne|  69 (12)

1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Charles Arthur Stanbridge (9 January 1899 – 13 February 1971)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL during the 1920s.

## Family

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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

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With his father's formal permission, he enlisted in the First AIF in July 1917.

## Football

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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, Alan Geddes (vice-captain), Syd Coventry (captain), Barney Carr, Arthur "Bull" Coghlan, Herbert White.

### Williamstown (VFA)

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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)

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He crossed to Port Melbourne for the following three seasons, winning a premiership with the club in 1922.[2]

### South Melbourne (VFL)

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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)

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He returned to Williamstown, and won a Recorder Cup and VFA Medal during his time with the club, which he coached in 1933.[3]

### Camberwell (VFA)

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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.[4]

### South Melbourne Districts

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Stanbridge was appointed as coach in 1935.[5]

## Death

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He died in Blackburn South, Victoria on 13 February 1971.[6]

## Footnotes

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1. ^ "Charles Stanbridge – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
2. ^ "C. Stanbridge – best and fairest in Association". Sporting Globe. Melbourne. 16 September 1933. p. 3.
3. ^ Fiddian, Marc (2013). The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. Melbourne Sports Books. p. 56.
4. ^ "1934 - Camberwell v Brunswick". The Herald. 22 June 1934. p. 16. Retrieved 9 December 2020 - via Trove Newspapers.
5. ^ "1934 - Stanbridge to coach South Districts". Record. 30 March 1935. p. 5. Retrieved 9 December 2020 - via Trove Newspapers.
6. ^ Deaths: Stanbridge, The Age, (Monday, 15 February 1971), p.15.

## References

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* "Punched Unconscious": Baker Fined for Assault, The Argus, (Saturday, 17 January 1925), p.29.
* World War One Nominal Roll: Private Charles Arthur Stanbridge (6901), Australian War Memorial.
* World War One Service Record: Private Charles Arthur Stanbridge (6901), National Archives of Australia.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charlie Stanbridge.

* Charlie Stanbridge's playing statistics from AFL Tables
* Charlie Stanbridge: Boyles Football Photos.
* Stanbridge, Charlie, The VFA Project.

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Captains of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

VFL/AFL|

* 1897–1898: Fraser
* 1899: Adamson
* 1900: Windley
* 1901: Trim
* 1902: Windley
* 1903: Fogarty
* 1904–1905: McGee
* 1906: Howson
* 1907–1908: Dolphin
* 1909: Ricketts
* 1910–1911: Thomas
* 1912: Ricketts
* 1913: H. Kelly
* 1914–1915; 1917:* Belcher
* 1918–1919: Caldwell
* 1920: Belcher
* 1921: Willis
* 1922: Tandy
* 1923–1925: P. Scanlan
* 1926–1927: Pannam
* 1928: J. Scanlan
* 1929: Stanbridge
* 1930–1931: J. Scanlan
* 1932: Leonard
* 1933–1936: Bisset
* 1937: Nash
* 1938–1945: Matthews
* 1946–1948: Graham
* 1949: Lucas
* 1950–1952: Lane
* 1953–1954: Clegg
* 1955: Gunn
* 1956: Gillett
* 1957–1960: Clegg
* 1961–1971: Skilton
* 1972: Rantall
* 1973–1976: Bedford
* 1977–1979: Quade
* 1980–1984: Round
* 1984–1985: Browning
* 1986–1992: Carroll
* 1993–2002: P. Kelly
* 2003–2005: Maxfield
* 2006–2007: Hall/Kirk/Barry
* 2008: Hall/Barry/Bolton
* 2009–2010: Bolton/Goodes/Kirk
* 2011–2012: Goodes/McVeigh
* 2013–2016: Jack/McVeigh
* 2017–2018: Kennedy
* 2019–2021: Kennedy/Parker/Rampe
* 2022–2023: Mills/Parker/Rampe
* 2024–: Mills

AFLW|

* 2022 (S7): Collier/Lochland/Szigeti
* 2023–: McEvoy/Molloy

*South Melbourne did not participate in the VFL in 1916 due to World War I

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Bob Skilton Medal * Sydney Swans best and fairest winners

* 1927: McKay
* 1928: Stanbridge
* 1929: Wheelahan
* 1930: Hillis
* 1931: Thomas
* 1932: Faul
* 1933: Clarke
* 1934: Brain
* 1935: Hillis
* 1936: Matthews
* 1937: Matthews
* 1938: Thomas
* 1939: Matthews
* 1940: Matthews
* 1941: Ritchie
* 1942: Cleary
* 1943: Matthews
* 1944: Cleary
* 1945: Graham
* 1946: W. Williams
* 1947: W. Williams
* 1948: Clegg
* 1949: Clegg
* 1950: W. Williams
* 1951: Clegg
* 1952: Schaefer
* 1953: Taylor
* 1954: Lane
* 1955: Gillett
* 1956: Dorgan
* 1957: Taylor
* 1958: Skilton
* 1959: Skilton
* 1960: Johnson
* 1961: Skilton
* 1962: Skilton
* 1963: Skilton
* 1964: Skilton
* 1965: Skilton
* 1966: Papley
* 1967: Skilton
* 1968: Skilton
* 1969: Bedford
* 1970: Bedford
* 1971: Bedford
* 1972: Cook
* 1973: Bedford
* 1974: Goss
* 1975: Bedford
* 1976: Quade
* 1977: Teasdale
* 1978: Murphy
* 1979: Round
* 1980: Ackerly
* 1981: Round
* 1982: Ackerly
* 1983: Browning
* 1984: Evans
* 1985: Wright
* 1986: Healy
* 1987: Healy
* 1988: Healy
* 1989: Bayes
* 1990: Wright
* 1991: Mitchell
* 1992: Kelly
* 1993: Kelly
* 1994: Cresswell
* 1995: Lockett
* 1996: Kelly
* 1997: Kelly
* 1998: O'Loughlin
* 1999: Schwass
* 2000: Schauble
* 2001: P. Williams
* 2002: P. Williams
* 2003: Goodes
* 2004: Hall
* 2005: Kirk
* 2006: Goodes
* 2007: Kirk
* 2008: McVeigh
* 2009: O'Keefe
* 2010: Jack
* 2011: Goodes
* 2012: Kennedy
* 2013: McVeigh
* 2014: Parker
* 2015: Kennedy
* 2016: Kennedy
* 2017: Parker
* 2018: Lloyd
* 2019: Rampe
* 2020: Lloyd
* 2021: Parker
* 2022: Mills
* 2023: Gulden
* 2024: Heeney

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