Charlie Deslandes

Charlie Deslandes
Charlie Deslandes
Personal information
Full name	Charles Robert Deslandes
Date of birth	28 April 1900
Place of birth	Fitzroy, Victoria
Date of death	4 April 1967 (aged 66)
Place of death	Port Melbourne, Victoria
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1924.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated March 19, 2019

Charlie Deslandes (28 April 1900 – 4 April 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

The Fitzroy Football Club, nicknamed the Lions or the Roys, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897. The club experienced some early success in the league and was the first club to win a VFL Grand Final. It also achieved a total of eight VFL premierships between 1898 and 1944, and more recently three VAFA promotions in 2009, 2012 and 2018.

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football in Australia. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

Notes

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 223. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

Charlie Deslandes's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Charlie Deslandes at AustralianFootball.com

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 223. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.