Charles James Raff (9 October 1878 – 4 August 1948) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played with
St Kilda and
Carlton in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
(VFL).
Family
The son of James Raff (1839-98), and Ellen Jane Raff (1848-1915), née Powell, Charles James Raff was born in
Carlton, Victoria
Carlton is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, three kilometres north of the Melbourne central business district within the city of Melbourne local government area. Carlton recorded a population of 16,055 at the 2021 census. ...
on 9 October 1878.
He married Lillian Crossan in 1910. They had one child, Norman Charles Raff (1918-)
Football
St Kilda (VFL)
He played 5 games for St Kilda in 1899.
Carlton (VFL)
He played 3 games for Carlton in 1901. He was cleared from Carlton to Carlton Juniors in June 1901.
Preston (VFA)
Raff played four games for
Preston Football Club (VFA) in the
Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1903.
Death
He died at his home in
Coburg, Victoria
Coburg is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Melbourne city centre, Central Business District, located within the Cities of City of Darebin, Darebin and City of Merri-bek, Merri-bek Loc ...
on 4 August 1948.
Deaths: Raff, ''The Age'', (Friday, 6 August 1948), p.2.
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Notes
References
* Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.)''. Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. .
External links
*
Charles Raff's profile
at Blueseum
*
Charles "Bunny" Raff's profile
at The VFA Project.
1878 births
1948 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
St Kilda Football Club players
Carlton Football Club players
People from Carlton, Victoria
Northern Bullants players
19th-century Australian sportsmen
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