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Charlie Teather

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Charlie Teather
Personal information
Full name Charles Ernest Teather
Date of birth (1889-01-24)24 January 1889
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Date of death 26 July 1948(1948-07-26) (aged 59)
Place of death St Kilda, Victoria
Original team(s) Essendon Juniors
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1906–07, 1910 Essendon 20 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1910.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Charles Ernest Teather (24 January 1889 – 26 July 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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The son of Benjamin Joseph Teather (1842–1929),[2] and Jessie Agnes Teather (1855-1930), née Horne,[3][4] Charles Ernest Teather was born in Geelong, Victoria on 24 January 1889.

He married Elsie May Barnott (1888-1966), later Mrs. Herbert Whiter, on 15 August 1914.[5] They had one child: Jack Barnott Teather (1917-2010).[6]

Football

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Many of the contemporaneous newspaper sporting reports have his family name as "Tether".

Essendon (VFL)

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He played in 20 senior games for the Essendon Football Club in the VFL over three seasons (1906, 1907, and 1910). He made his debut for Essendon, against South Melbourne, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, on 5 May 1906,[7] and played his last match against South Melbourne, at the Lake Oval, on 21 May 1910.[8]

Essendon (VFA)

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In June 1907 he played in two games with the Essendon Association Football Club in the VFA.[9][10][11]

Death

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He died at his residence in St Kilda, Victoria on 26 July 1948.[12]

Notes

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References

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  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8: Note that Maplestone (pp. 407, 449, 450, and 453) consistently has his family name as "Tether".
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