Charlie Lilley

DOB: 3 July, 1892
Died: 1982

Debut: Round 1, 1913 against Collingwood at MCG
Last Game: Preliminary Final 1925 against Collingwood at MCG

Games: 132
Goals: 5
Career Statistics

From: Wangaratta/Elsternwick

Number: 6 1913 and 1915 11 1914, 8 1919-1925

Honours
150 Heroes selection
Victorian state player - 1914
Life Member

A regular with the Fuschias before the war Lilley, a clever, pacy and calm centreman, enlisted in the army early in the First World War. With the club in recess he served in France and was seriously wounded in June of 1917.

In October 1916 he played in a match for servicemen in London in front of the Prince of Wales, King Manuel of Portugal and 8,000 other onlookers.

Discharged as medically unfit he nevertheless returned to the VFL as vice-captain of Melbourne in 1919 and played through to 1925 moving to the backline later in his career.

In 1923 Lilley played for the VFL against a Ballarat representative side.

Media
Football Record R8 1940