Charlie Lee (Australian footballer)

Charlie Lee
Personal information
Date of birth	11 August 1896
Date of death	15 June 1979 (aged 82)
Original team(s)	Balmain (MDL)
Debut	13 May 1916, Collingwood v. Carlton, at Victoria Park
Height/Weight	183 cm / 73 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1916–1919, 1923	Collingwood	47 (13)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1923 season.
Career highlights
1917 Premiership Team

Charlie Lee (11 August 1896 – 15 June 1979)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

In his second season Lee won a premiership when Collingwood defeated Fitzroy in the Grand Final of 1917.

After playing in Collingwood's loss to Richmond in the 1919 Preliminary Final, Lee did not return the following week to play in Collingwood's winning 1919 Grand Final team.

This was to be Lee's final VFL game until he returned to Collingwood four years later, in 1923. During that season, Lee played a further eight more games to finish his career with 47 games and 13 goals.^[2]

References

1. "Charlie Lee". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 372. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.

External links

• Charlie Lee's statistics from AFL Tables