Charlie McCartney
Charles Patrick McCartney was an Australian [rules football]er who played with South Melbourne and Essendon in the Victorian Football League.
Family
The son of Francis McCartney, and Ann McCartney, née Ryan, Charles Patrick McCartney was born on 17 March 1873.He married Alice Maud Felton in 1904. He later married Jessie Wilhelmina Rachel Johnson, née Gail, in 1933.
Football
McCartney first played with West Melbourne in the junior competition and joined South Melbourne for the 1896 VFA season. He played for South Melbourne in its first VFL match, against Melbourne, at the Lake Oval, on 8 May 1897.In 1898 he returned to West Melbourne, the team wearing crepe in the week following his mother's death.
In 1899 McCartney returned to the VFL, this time playing with Essendon.