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Key Facts

Full name
Charles Ricketts

Known as
Charlie Ricketts

Born
3 July 1885

Died
7 March 1960 (aged 74)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 20y 306d
Last game: 35y 343d

Height and weight
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 68 kg

Senior clubs
South Melbourne; Richmond; St. Kilda

Jumper numbers
South Melbourne: 1
Richmond: 6
St. Kilda: 1

Recruited from
South Melbourne (1913); Richmond (1921)

Charlie Ricketts

Advanced stats
ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
RichmondVFA1904-1905————————
South MelbourneV/AFL1906-191282470.5766%———0
RichmondV/AFL1913-191416110.6925%———0
St. KildaV/AFL1921520.4020%———0
VFA1904-1905————————
V/AFL1906-1914, 1921103600.5857%———0
Total1904-1914, 1921103600.58—————

AFL: 1,130th player to appear, 2,380th most games played, 1,794th most goals kickedSouth Melbourne: 177th player to appear, 189th most games played, 162nd most goals kickedRichmond: 115th player to appear, 576th most games played, 381st most goals kickedSt. Kilda: 522nd player to appear, 1,063rd most games played, 802nd most goals kicked

Charlie Ricketts was a tremendously skilled rover whose use of the ball was impeccable. He commenced his senior career in the VFA with Richmond, and was first rover as the yellow and blacks overcame North Melbourne in the 1905 Grand Final. He crossed to South Melbourne in the VFL in 1906 and went on to play 82 league games and boot 47 goals over the course of the ensuing seven seasons. He was also a clever tactician, and captain-coached South to the 1909 flag, as well as to a runner-up spot three years later.

In 1913, Ricketts returned to Richmond, which by this time was a league club, after being somewhat surprisingly passed over for the South Melbourne captaincy. Ricketts played 16 games and kicked 11 goals in two seasons with the Tigers. In 1920 he was appointed non-playing coach of St Kilda but returned to the fray briefly as a player (five games, one goal) the following year.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Footy Publications, Richmond VFA statistics courtesy of tigerlandarchive.org.

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Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.