Charlie Hardy

Charlie Hardy

Personal information
Date of birth	1 April 1887
Date of death	19 May 1968(1968-05-19) (aged 81)
Original team(s)	Gippsland
Debut	Round 10, 1921, Essendon v. Melbourne, at the MCG
Height/Weight	157 cm / 54 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1908–1921 1921–1925	North Melbourne (VFA) Essendon (VFL)	224 36 (21)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1928–1930 1931–1932 Total -	Essendon St Kilda	54 (30-23-1) 25 0(9-16-0) 79 (39-39-1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925 season.

Charlie Hardy (1 April 1887 – 19 May 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) during the 1910s and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1920s.

VFA

Hardy played with North Melbourne in the VFA for over a decade where he formed a strong ruck combination with Syd Barker. At just 157 cm and 54 kg Hardy is one of the smallest players to ever play at a top level. He captained the club in 1914, and served as a brilliant rover helping North to premiership victories in 1910, 1914, 1915 and 1918.^[1] He was also a member of the famous "invincibles" side that went undefeated in a record 58 games. Hardy left the club along with many of his teammates upon the temporary disbanding of North Melbourne in 1921, and joined Essendon in the VFL.

Essendon

Hardy made his senior VFL debut in Round 10 of the 1921 season he was aged 34 and became the oldest player in the history of the league to make his debut.^[1] In 1921 he also represented Victoria at the Perth Carnival. Hardy continued to be a leading player for Essendon, playing in both the 1923 and the 1924 premiership teams. Hardy retired at the end of the 1925 VFL season, aged 38, becoming the oldest player to play a VFL match for Essendon.^[2]

Coaching

Hardy started his coaching career at VFA club Coburg and coached them to premierships in 1926 and 1927,^[1] the club's first two. This effort saw him rejoin Essendon in 1928 as their non playing coach and he spent three years in this role with the Bombers, narrowly missing the finals on each occasion. In 1931 he crossed to St Kilda and was coach for two seasons, with little success.

References

1 2 3 "Hardy proves you are never too old", Football Record, Australian Football League, 31 May 2013, p. 28
↑ http://afltables.com/afl/stats/alltime/misc_players.html#06

External links

Charlie Hardy's statistics from AFL Tables
Charlie Hardy's profile from AustralianFootball.com
Coaching record

North Melbourne Football Club 1910 VFA premiers

Barker Caine Elliot Gibney Hammond Hardy Heron Homan Jinks G. Johnson (c) J. Johnson Laver McCann Pemberton Spearman Treloar

Coach: G. Johnson

North Melbourne Football Club 1914 VFA premiers

Barker Carpenter Cave Condon Cornell Franks Gardiner Hardy (c) Hawkins Hopkins Jones Miles Moran Rawle Speakman Woodington

North Melbourne Football Club 1915 VFA premiers

Barker (c) Cave J. Clarke Condon Cornell Dodemaide Franks Gardiner Hart Hardy Hawkins Jones Miles Rawle Sheahan Speakman

North Melbourne Football Club 1918 VFA premiers

Barker (c) Brown Cave Condon Donnelly Forbes Franks Gardiner Hardy Hart Hawkins Johnson McCarthy Rawle Sheahan Stevens Tonkin

Essendon Football Club 1923/24 VFL premiers

1923: Essendon 8.15 (63) defeated Fitzroy 6.10 (46), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1924: Essendon won the finals series with 2 wins, 1 loss, and a percentage of 142.74

1. Barker (c) 2. Donaldson 3. Beckton 5. Baring 6. Fitzmaurice 6. Rawle 10. Watt 14. May 15. Laing 16. McCarthy 21. Jenkins 24. Maher 25. Stockdale 28. Garden 30. Shorten 33. Hardy

Coach: Barker

Coaches of the Essendon Football Club

1908–1909: Smith 1910: Belcher 1911–1915; 1918–1920:* Worrall 1920–1921: Ogden 1922: Gravenall 1922–1924: Barker 1925–1927: Maher 1928–1930: Hardy 1931–1933: Campbell 1934–1935: May 1936–1939: Baggott 1939: Reynolds/Hunter 1939–1960: Reynolds 1941: Griggs 1944: Plummer 1945; 1946: Ruddell 1959: Thaw 1961–1967: Coleman 1965: Sewell 1968–1970: Clarke 1971: Birt 1972–1975: Tuddenham 1976–1977: Stephen 1978–1980: Davis 1981–2007: Sheedy 2006: O'Donnell 2008–2010: Knights 2011–2013: Hird 2013: Goodwin 2014: Thompson 2015: Hird 2015: Egan 2016–: Worsfold

Essendon did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach

Coaches of the St Kilda Football Club

1906: Hall 1908: Grace 1909: J. Smith 1911: Drohan 1913: Sparrow 1914: McNamara 1915; 1918:* J. Smith 1919: Eicke 1920: Sparrow 1920–1921: Ricketts 1922–1923: McNamara 1924: Eicke 1925–1926: Clark 1927: Heinz 1928–1929: Sparrow 1930: Cubbins 1931–1932: Hardy 1932: King 1933: Deane 1934: C. Watson 1935–1937: Minogue 1938–1940: Clarke 1938: B. Patterson 1941: Knight 1942–1943: Garvin 1944–1945: H. Thomas 1946–1947: Hird 1948–1950: Froude 1951: Green 1952–1953: Williamson 1954–1955: Foote 1956–1958: Killigrew 1959–1960: Francis 1961–1976: Jeans 1972; 1974: Guy 1977: R. Smith 1978–1980: M. Patterson 1980–1982: Jesaulenko 1983–1984: Jewell 1984–1986: Gellie 1987–1989: Baldock 1987: Davis 1990–1993: Sheldon 1994–1998: Alves 1999–2000: T. Watson 2001: Blight 2001–2006: G. Thomas 2007–2011: Lyon 2012–2013: Watters 2014–: Richardson

St Kilda did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach

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