Charlie Dibbs

Charlie Dibbs
Personal information
Date of birth	3 April 1905
Place of birth	Carlton, Victoria
Date of death	22 November 1960(1960-11-22) (aged 55)
Height / weight	175 cm / 76 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1924–1935 1936 Total -	Collingwood Geelong	216 (1) 007 (0) 223 (1)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1936	Geelong	7 (3–4–0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1936.
Career highlights
Collingwood premiership player 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935

Charlie Dibbs (3 April 1905 – 22 November 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Magpies in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s and 1930s.

Most of his time was spent at fullback and he was a member of the Collingwood side which won four consecutive premierships. Dibbs kicked his only goal in his 4th match, his remaining 219 games is the longest goalless streak in VFL/AFL history.

He finished his career with a season as captain-coach of Geelong in 1936.

Dibbs was Collingwood life member and in 2007 he was inducted into the Magpies' Hall of Fame.^[1]

References

↑ "Seven greats inducted". Official AFL Website of the Collingwood Football Club. 20 March 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2011.

External links

Charlie Dibbs's statistics from AFL Tables

Collingwood Football Club 1927/28/29/30 VFL premiers

1927: Collingwood 2.13 (25) defeated Richmond 1.7 (13), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1928: Collingwood 13.18 (96) defeated Richmond 9.9 (63), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1929: Collingwood 11.13 (79) defeated Richmond 7.8 (50), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1930: Collingwood 14.16 (100) defeated Geelong 9.16 (70), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

2/1/4/5. Beveridge 4/5/6. A. Collier 5/6/7. H. Collier 6/10/11. Clayden 7/8. G. Coventry 8/9. S. Coventry (c) 9/10. Chesswas 10/11/12. Dibbs 14/13/17/19. Libbis 15/19/18/20. Makeham 20/18/19/21. Murphy 22/24/26. Rumney

Coach: McHale

Collingwood Football Club 1935 VFL premiers

Collingwood 11.12 (78) defeated South Melbourne 7.16 (58), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

4. Bowyer 5. Carmody 7. A. Collier 8. H. Collier (c) 9. Coventry 10. Dibbs 11. Doherty 13. Froude 14. Fraser 15. Pannam 17. Kyne 18. Morgan 22. Rumney 23. Riley 24. Ross 25. Regan 27. Stackpole 28. Whelan 29. Woods

Coach: McHale

Coaches of the Geelong Football Club

1910–1911: Hickinbotham 1912–1913: Eason 1914: Orchard 1923: Taylor 1924: Hagger 1925–1927: Rankin 1928: Fitzmaurice 1929–1930: Coghlan 1931: Clymo 1932: Hickey 1933–1934: Coghlan 1935: Parratt 1936: Dibbs 1936–1940: Hickey 1940: Everett 1940: Laver 1941: Metherell 1944: Arklay 1945–1959: Hickey 1956; 1960–1965: Davis 1963: Trezise 1966–1970: Pianto 1971–1972: McMaster 1973–1975: Farmer 1976–1979: Olsson 1980–1982: Goggin 1983–1985: Hafey 1986–1988: Devine 1989–1994: Blight 1995–1999: Ayres 2000–2010: Thompson 2011–: Scott

Italics denote caretaker coach

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