Charlie Pettiona

Charlie Pettiona
Personal information
Full name Charles Joseph Pettiona
Date of birth (1913-07-10)10 July 1913
Date of death 23 October 1946(1946-10-23) (aged 33)
Original team(s) Port Melbourne
Height / weight 177 cm / 75 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1936–1937 South Melbourne 14 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.

Charles Joseph "Charlie" Pettiona (10 July 1913 – 23 October 1946) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Pettiona, a Port Melbourne recruit, started out at South Melbourne in 1936, two years after his uncle Cecil Pettiona had played for the club.[1] He made eight appearances in the 1936 VFL season, which included South Melbourne's grand final loss to Collingwood (as 19th man), his first loss in South Melbourne colours.[2] In 1937 he played six senior games, then didn't appear at all in the 1938 season and was cleared to Sandringham.[2][3]

On 23 October 1946, while cycling down Normanby Road in South Melbourne, Pettiona was struck and killed by a military truck.[4]

References

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. 1 2 AFL Tables: Charlie Pettiona
  3. The Argus,"G. Tuite Returns", 12 April 1939, p. 9
  4. "Charles Joseph "Laddie" Pettiona". Footy Almanac.
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