Charlie Lilley

Charles Harold Lilley (3 July 1892 – 16 June 1982)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Charlie Lilley
Personal information
Full name Charles Harold Lilley
Date of birth (1892-07-03)3 July 1892
Place of birth Armadale, Victoria
Date of death 16 June 1982(1982-06-16) (aged 89)
Place of death Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s) Wangaratta/Elsternwick
Height 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 74.4 kg (164 lb)
Position(s) Centre/Defence
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1913–15, 1919–25 Melbourne 132 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Military service

He served in the First AIF during World War One.[3]

He played for the (winning) Third Australian Divisional team in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916. A news film was taken at the match.[4][5]

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See also
  • "Pioneer Exhibition Game" in London (1916)

Notes
  1. "Charlie Lilley - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 515. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/333858
  4. The original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916) on YouTube
  5. The 2019 remastered and colourised version of the original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916), remastered and colourised version (2019) on YouTube

References
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