Charlie Bartling

Charles Frederick Ernest Bartling (3 June 1912 – 30 January 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Charlie Bartling
Personal information
Full name Charles Frederick Ernest Bartling
Date of birth (1912-06-03)3 June 1912
Place of birth Northcote, Victoria
Date of death 30 January 1998(1998-01-30) (aged 85)
Place of death Chelsea, Victoria
Original team(s) Aspendale / St Kilda Reserves
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1935–1936 North Melbourne 13 (1)
1937 Fitzroy 2 (0)
Total 15 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He later served in the Australian Army in World War II,[2] spending a year in New Guinea before fracturing his wrist and being declared unfit for rifle duty. He was discharged in November 1945.[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. 49. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "World War II Roll:Charles Bartling". Commonwealth of Australia.
  3. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-9923791-4-8.
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