Charles Bolton (footballer)

Charles Theophilus Bolton (1 July 1876 – 15 September 1954) was an Australian rules footballer who played a single game with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Charles Bolton
Personal information
Full name Charles Theophilus Bolton
Date of birth (1876-07-01)1 July 1876
Place of birth Serpentine, Victoria
Date of death 15 September 1954(1954-09-15) (aged 78)
Place of death Brighton, Victoria
Original team(s) Euroa
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1907 Essendon 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1907.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Military service

Eight years after his brief senior football career, Bolton served in World War I. He enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy on 12 August 1914, giving his occupation as a carpenter and lying about his age. He spent six months in New Guinea before enlisting in the Army with the 7th Light Horse in June 1915. He fought at Gallipoli before being discharged with heart problems in August 1916.[2][3]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
  3. "Item details for: B2455, BOLTON C T". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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