- Charlie Gaudion
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Charlie Gaudion Personal information Birth 14 April 1904 Recruited from North Melbourne Juniors Height and weight 180 cm / 87 kg Playing career¹ Team(s) Footscray (1926-29)
- 63 games, 7 goals
North Melbourne (1931-37)
- 77 games, 9 goals
Total - 140 Games, 16 Goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1937 season Charlie Gaudion (born 14 April 1904, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and North Melbourne in the VFL. He was the father of North Melbourne player Michael Gaudion.
The Victorian Team that beat New South Wales, in Sydney, 23.17 (155) to 19.22 (136) during the 1933 Sydney Carnival on Wednesday, 2 August 1933.
Back Row: R.T. "Dick" Mullaly (South Melbourne; selector), D.H. “Dave” Crone (Carlton; selector), R. Lee (trainer) Alf "Rosie" Dummett (Collingwood; selector).
Third Row: Charlie Gaudion, Charlie Davey, Paddy Walsh, Norman Ware, Gordon Strang, Gordon Coventry, Jim Adamson.
Second Row: William Roberts, Jack L. Collins, Reg Hickey, John Francis Meere (North Melbourne; manager), Syd Coventry (captain), Haydn Bunton, Bob Pratt, Bert Hyde.
Front Row: Harry Clarke, Wilfred "Chicken" Smallhorn, Jack Anderson, Billy Libbis, Gordon Ogden.Gaudion was a key position player and began his career in 1926 at Footscray.
He played with the club for four seasons before moving to the VFA where he signed with Coburg.
After just a year at Coburg he returned to the league and played with North Melbourne, becoming a regular in their side during the 1930s.
He was also a regular for Victoria at interstate football, playing every year from 1932 to 1936, the last as captain.
In both 1956 and 1957 he coached North Melbourne, many of those games involving his son Michael.
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Coaches of the North Melbourne Football Club 1925–1926: Eicke • 1926: Donnelly • 1926: S. Thomas • 1927: Barker • 1928–1929: Tyson • 1929: Noonan • 1930: Lewis • 1931: Pemberton • 1931: Clark • 1932: Cameron • 1932–1934: Taylor • 1934: Fitzmaurice • 1935–1937: Scanlan • 1938–1939: Forbes • 1940: L. Thomas • 1940: Adamson • 1941–1942: McCaskill • 1942–1943: Findlay • 1944–1947: McCaskill • 1948–1953: Carter • 1954–1955: McCorkell • 1956–1957: Gaudion • 1958–1962: Carter • 1963–1966: Killigrew • 1966–1970: McKenzie • 1971–1972: Dixon • 1973–1980: Barassi • 1976: Knights • 1977: Dugdale • 1981: Blight • 1981–1984: Cable • 1985–1989: Kennedy • 1990–1992: Schimmelbusch • 1993–2002: Pagan • 2003–2009: Laidley • 2009: Crocker • 2010–: ScottItalics denote caretaker coachCategories:- 1904 births
- North Melbourne Football Club players
- North Melbourne Football Club coaches
- Western Bulldogs players
- Coburg Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
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