- Charlie Milburn
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Charlie Milburn Personal information Full name Charles Milburn Date of birth 10 March 1899 Original team Preston Height/Weight 174 cm / 75 kg Position(s) Winger Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1923–27
1929
Total -Collingwood
Essendon60 (3)
9 (0)
69 (3)1 Playing statistics to end of 1929 season .Charlie Milburn (born 10 March 1899) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s.
After debuting at the start of the 1923 season, Milburn never fully established his place in the side until 1925 when he was Collingwood's second best performer at the Brownlow Medal count and appeared in their losing Grand Final team. A wingman, he participated in another losing Grand Final the following season but was a premiership player in 1927.
Milburn didn't play VFL football in 1928, however in 1929 joined Essendon and featured in their side for the second half of the year.
References
- Charlie Milburn's statistics from AFL Tables
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
Collingwood Football Club 1927 VFL Premiers Collingwood 2.13 (25) defeated Richmond 1.7 (13), at the Melbourne Cricket GroundCaptain: 8. S. Coventry | 2. Beveridge | 4. A. Collier | 5. H. Collier | 7. G. Coventry | 10. Chesswas | 11. Clayden | 11. Harris | 12. Dibbs | 14. Libbis | 15. Makeham | 16. Milburn | 18. Poulter | 20. Murphy | 22. Rowe | 24. Rumney | 24. Wilson | 26. WescottCoach: McHaleCategories:- 1899 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- Collingwood Football Club players
- Essendon Football Club players
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