Charles Henry Zercho (15 April 1866 – 30 March 1962) was an Australian Anglican minister, school principal, and Australian rules footballer.
Family
The son of Charles Henry Zercho (1866-1895), and Agnes Zercho (1841-1937), née Nicol, Charles Henry Zercho was born at Barkers Creek (near Castlemaine), Victoria, Australia on 15 April 1866.
He married Margaret Emma Clark (1876-1940) on 17 April 1900. They had five children: two daughters and three sons — a son (born 1910) was stillborn, and a daughter (born 1903), and a son (born 1905) each died within 6 months of their birth.
His brother, Frederick William Zercho (1867-1953), founded Zercho's Business College in 1906.
Education
He graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) from the University of Melbourne on 13 April 1918.
Football
Recruited from Camberwell, he played with the Essendon Football Club, in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1890; and, in the third quarter of his first senior match , against Geelong, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground on 28 June 1890, he kicked Essendon's fourth and final goal for the match.
Cleric and educator
Over his lifetime he held numerous positions as a teacher, headmaster, priest, and as the minister of various parishes.
Death
He died in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia on 30 March 1962.
Notes
- Deaths: Zercho, The Argus, (Monday, 26 August 1895), p.1.
- (Obituary), The Mount Alexander Mail, (Monday, 26 August 1895), p.2.
- Deaths: Zercho, The Argus, (Thursday, 1 July 1937), p.1.
- Marriages: Zercho—Clark, The Argus, (Tuesday, 24 April 1900), p.1.
- Deaths: Zercho, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Wednesday, 21 August 1940), p.12.
- University Commencement, The Argus, (Monday, 15 April 1918), p.8.
- Maplestone (1996), p.436.
- Football, The Bacchus Marsh Express, (Saturday, 3 July 1926), p.3.
- Veteran Footballers, The Argus, (Saturday, 27 September 1924), p.31.
- Football: Essendon v. Geelong, The Argus, (Monday, 30 June 1890), p.10.
- Humphries (1990).
References
- Humphries, Michael E. (1990). "Zercho, Charles Henry (1866–1962)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
- 1866 births
- 1962 deaths
- Australian people of German descent
- Australian people of Scottish descent
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
- Essendon Football Club (VFA) players
- Australian Anglican priests
- Australian schoolteachers
- Australian headmasters