Charlie Sutton

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Charlie Sutton (born April 3, 1924) is a former Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL). He is perhaps best known for captaining his team, Footscray to their only premiership, in 1954.

A tough Bulldog player who embodied the club's fighting spirit, Sutton played as a rover and half forward, but it was as a back pocket player that he made his name. He has the Western Bulldogs Best and Fairest award, the Charles Sutton Medal, named in his honour.

In 1996 Sutton was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

[edit] Career highlights

Playing career:

• Footscray 1942, 1946-1956 (Games: 173 Goals: 65)

Player honors:

• 3rd Brownlow Medal 1950
• Footscray Best and Fairest 1950
• Footscray club leading goalkicker (equal) 1951
• Footscray captain 1951-1956
• Footscray premiership 1954 (capt-coach)
• Footscray Team of the Century
• Victorian representative (18 games, 2 goals)

Coaching record:

• Footscray 1951-1957, 1967-1968 (162 games, 81 wins, 79 losses, 2 draws), premiership 1954.

[edit] References

• Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers, p. 122. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X. 
• AFL: Hall of Fame