Charlie Colgan
| Charlie Colgan | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Charles Edward Colgan | ||
| Date of birth | 9 February 1878 | ||
| Place of birth | Emerald Hill (now known as South Melbourne), Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 25 July 1935 (aged 57) | ||
| Place of death | South Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | South Park | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1898–1901 | South Melbourne | 37 (43) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1901. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Charles Edward Colgan (9 February 1878 – 25 July 1935) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family[edit]
The youngest of the seven children of the tailor Patrick Colgan (1833-1911),[2] and Margaret Colgan, née Dwyer (1841-1911),[3][4] Charles Edward Colgan was born at Emerald Hill (now known as South Melbourne) on 9 February 1878.[5]
He married Mary Veronica Gilchrist (1882–1948) in 1903.[6][7] They had three children; one of whom, a daughter (Veronica Margaret), died aged 3 months.[8]
Football[edit]
| External image | |
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 South Melbourne Football Team Colgan is the player standing at the extreme left of the third row.[9] |
South Melbourne (VFL)[edit]
Recruited from the local South Park Football Club,[10] Colgan made his debut for South Melbourne against Carlton, at Princes Park, on 14 May 1898.
1899 team of "champions"[edit]
At the end of the 1899 season, in the process of naming his own "champion player", the football correspondent for The Argus, Reginald Wilmot ("Old Boy"), selected a team of the best players of the 1899 VFL competition:
- Backs: Maurie Collins (Essendon), Bill Proudfoot (Collingwood), Peter Burns (Geelong).
- Halfbacks: Pat Hickey (Fitzroy), George Davidson (South Melbourne), Alf Wood (Melbourne).
- Centres: Fred Leach (Collingwood), Firth McCallum (Geelong), Harry Wright (Essendon).
- Wings: Charlie Pannam (Collingwood), Eddie Drohan (Fitzroy), Herb Howson (South Melbourne).
- Forwards: Bill Jackson (Essendon), Eddy James (Geelong), Charlie Colgan (South Melbourne).
- Ruck: Mick Pleass (South Melbourne), Frank Hailwood (Collingwood), Joe McShane (Geelong).
- Rovers: Dick Condon (Collingwood), Bill McSpeerin (Fitzroy), Teddy Rankin (Geelong).
From those he considered to be the three best players — that is, Condon, Hickey, and Pleass — Wilmot selected Pat Hickey as his "champion player" of the season.[11]
South Melbourne Juniors (VJFA)[edit]
In May 1901 he was cleared from South Melbourne to South Melbourne Juniors in the Victorian Junior Football Association.[12] He played with the Juniors for five seasons, and in 1905 he was selected (as vice-captain) in a combined VJFA team to play against a combined Ballarat Juniors team.[13]
Death[edit]
He died of pneumonia at his residence in South Melbourne on 25 July 1935.[14][10]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 164.
- ^ Deaths: Colgan, The Age, (Wednesday, 8 November 1911), p. 1.
- ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.1740/1864.
- ^ Deaths: Colgan, The Age, (Wednesday, 26 April 1911), p. 1.
- ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no.8798/1878.
- ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.2780/1903.
- ^ Deaths: Colgan, The Age, (Saturday, 31 July 1948), p.2.
- ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.14528/1903.
- ^ South Melbourne Football Team, Melbourne Punch, (Thursday, 7 September 1899), p. 248.
- ^ a b Death of "Charlie" Colgan: South's Leading Forward of the Late 90's, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 27 July 1935), p. 4.
- ^ 'Old Boy', "Football: A Review of the Season", (Monday, 18 September 1899), p. 6.
- ^ Football, The Age, (Wednesday, 22 May 1901), p.5.
- ^ Junior Football Association, The Age, (Thursday, 22 June 1905), p. 8.
- ^ Deaths: Colgan, The Age, (Friday, 26 July 1935), p. 1.
References[edit]
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links[edit]
- Charlie Colgan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Charlie Colgan at AustralianFootball.com