Charlie Flannagan

Charlie Flannagan
Personal information
Full name Charles Donald Flannagan
Date of birth (1933-10-24)24 October 1933
Place of birth Omeo, Victoria, Australia
Date of death 2 August 2025(2025-08-02) (aged 91)
Place of death Yarram, Victoria, Australia
Original team(s) Omeo
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1955–58 Richmond 26 (0)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Charles Donald "Charlie" Flannagan (24 October 1933 – 2 August 2025) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

VFL career

Recruited from Omeo where he won the 1954 Omeo & District Football League best and fairest , Flannagan was originally on match permits during 1955. While he was tall enough to be a ruckman he played most of his 26 senior games as a backman. In 1959 he accepted the role of captain coach of Warragul in the Latrobe Valley Football League. Later on he moved to Yarram and coached the local team to a premiership in 1962. He later transferred to Won Wron.

Death

Flannagan died in Yarram, Victoria on 2 August 2025, at the age of 91.[2]

References

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 280. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Vale Charlie Flannagan". Richmond F.C. Retrieved 10 August 2025.