Lieutenant Charles Henry Morley (2 March 1883 – 13 April 1919) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played with
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club, in the Australian Football League
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
United Kin ...
in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
Football
Born and educated in
Strathbogie, Victoria
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History
The Post Office opened on 10 July 1878.
Strathbogie ...
, Morley later made his way to Sydney, where he played for the Paddington Football Club. While at Paddington he was held in high regard, described along with a teammate as "one of the two finest ruck-players in NSW".
Morley, a half-back flanker with Essendon, played three VFL games, all in the
1906 VFL season
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. Each of his appearance were in
East Melbourne
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, the first a seven-point loss to
South Melbourne
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in the opening round.
He next played in round three, when Essendon defeated
Melbourne
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by 34 points and his final appearance, in round 11, was also in a win, over
St Kilda.
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Military
On 17 July 1915 Morley departed Melbourne on HMAT A67 ''Orsova'', a member of the Siege Artillery Brigade which would be the first Australian unit to land in France.
Morley died in London on 13 April 1919, while being transported to the Royal Herbert Hospital
Initially the Herbert Hospital, renamed in 1900, the Royal Herbert Hospital was built as a restorative facility for British veterans of the Crimean War, and remained a military hospital until 1977. It was situated in southeast London, on the sout ...
.bronchopneumonia
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1883 births
Australian rules footballers from New South Wales
Essendon Football Club players
Paddington Australian Football Club players
Deaths from pneumonia in England
Deaths from bronchopneumonia
1919 deaths
Australian military personnel killed in World War I
20th-century Australian sportsmen