{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Athol Sharp | image = | fullname = George William Athol Sharp | birth_date = 1 April 1894 | birth_place = Newmarket | death_date = {{death date and age|1969|4|19|1894|4|1|df=y}} | death_place = Melbourne, Victoria | originalteam = Moonee Ponds | height = 170&nbsp;cm | weight = 67&nbsp;kg | position = Forward | statsend = 1920 | years1 = 1913–1916, 1920 | club1 = Carlton | games_goals1 = 56 (41) | careerhighlights = }} '''George William Athol Sharp''' (1 April 1894 – 19 April 1969)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Athol%2BSharp/3082 |title=Athol Sharp - Player Bio |publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=14 December 2014}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Sharp, a forward, was recruited by Carlton from Moonee Ponds.<ref>{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}</ref> He missed out on playing in Carlton's 1914 premiership team through injury but was a forward pocket and second rover in their 1915 VFL Grand Final winning side.<ref name=AFLTables>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/A/Athol_Sharp.html AFL Tables: Athol Sharp]</ref> In 1916 he missed another grand final, with a broken collarbone, but Carlton would lose on that occasion.

He served his country during the war and then returned to Carlton for one final season in 1920.<ref name=AFLTables/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=271472| title=The AIF Project| publisher=Australian Defence Force Academy}}</ref>

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{{1915 Carlton premiership players}}

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