Charlie Teather
Charles Ernest Teather was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League.
Family
The son of Benjamin Joseph Teather, and Jessie Agnes Teather, née Horne, Charles Ernest Teather was born in Geelong, Victoria on 24 January 1889.
He married Elsie May Barnott, later Mrs. Herbert Whiter, on 15 August 1914. They had one child: Jack Barnott Teather.
Football
Many of the contemporaneous newspaper sporting reports have his family name as "Tether".
He played in 20 senior games for the Essendon Football Club in the VFL over three seasons. He made his debut for Essendon, against South Melbourne, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, on 5 May 1906, and played his last match against South Melbourne, at the Lake Oval, on 21 May 1910.
Essendon (VFA)
In June 1907 he played in two games with the Essendon Association Football Club in the VFA.
Death
He died at his residence in St Kilda, Victoria on 26 July 1948.