John Charlesworth

John Charlesworth

Date of birth	October 13, 1902
Place of birth	Clarksburg, Massachusetts
Date of death	September 28, 1962 (aged 59)
Place of death	Manhattan, New York, New York
Career information
Position(s)	Center
College	Yale University
Career history
As player
1925–1927	Yale

John Dudley Charlesworth (October 13, 1902 – September 28, 1962) was an American football player.

Charlesworth enrolled at Yale University and, while there, played on the Yale Bulldogs football team in 1925 and 1927.^[1] He was a consensus choice for the 1927 College Football All-America Team.^[2]

Charlesworth graduated from Yale in 1929. He was married and had a son, John D. Charlesworth, Jr. He worked as a sales executive at the Shatz Painting Company in Manhattan. In September 1962, he died from a heart attack at his home on East 77th Street after returning home from eating out.^[3]

References

1. "Charlesworth's Rise to Stardom Rapid". Boston Daily Globe. December 2, 1927. p. 33.
2. "2012 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2012. p. 5. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
3. "John Charlesworth". The New York Times. October 1, 1962.