Charlie Curtis
FullnameCharles Ernest Curtis
Birth date17 December 1878
Birth placeCarlton, Victoria
Death date8 May 1959 (aged 80)
Death placeSt Vincent's Hospital
Fitzroy, Victoria
Height170cm
Weight68kg
Positionrover
Statsend1901
Years 11896
Club 1Carlton (VFA)
Games goals 13 (0)
Years 21898–1900
Club 2Carlton (VFL)
Games goals 221 (2)
Years 31901
Club 3Richmond (VFA)
Games goals 314 (0)
Games goalstotal38 (2)

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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