Charlie Curtis
Curtis in 1899
Personal information
Full name Charles Ernest Curtis
Date of birth (1878-12-17)17 December 1878
Place of birth Carlton, Victoria
Date of death 8 May 1959(1959-05-08) (aged 80)
Place of death St Vincent's Hospital
Fitzroy, Victoria
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Position(s) rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1896 Carlton (VFA) 3 (0)
1898–1900 Carlton (VFL) 21 (2)
1901 Richmond (VFA) 14 (0)
Total 38 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1901.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Charlie Curtis (17 December 1878 – 8 May 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of John Richard Curtis, J.P. (1853-1945),[2] and Elizabeth Curtis (1855-1931), née Harry,[3] Charles Ernest Curtis was born at Carlton, Victoria on 17 December 1878.

One of his brothers, Harry Richard Curtis (1892-1968), played VFL football for both Carlton and Collingwood.

He married Alice Louisa Atkinson (1882-1906) in 1904.[4] He married Maud May Ratcliff (1887-1948) in 1911.[5][6][7]

Death

He died at St Vincent's Hospital in Fitzroy, Victoria on 8 May 1959.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main, 2009.
  2. ^ Deaths: Curtis, The Age, (Wednesday, 19 December 1945), p.8.
  3. ^ Deaths: Curtis, The Herald, (Wednesday, 30 December 1931), p.15.
  4. ^ Deaths: Curtis, The Australasian', (Saturday, 7 April 1906), p.840.
  5. ^ Would Read in Bed, The Herald, (Thursday, 28 April 1927), p.18.
  6. ^ Husband Put Out: Wife Read in Bed, The (Perth) Mirror, (Saturday, 7 May 1927), p.5.
  7. ^ Deaths: Curtis, The Age, (Tuesday, 26 October 1948), p.2.
  8. ^ Deaths: Curtis, The Age, (Monday, 14 May 1959), p.14.

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