Charlie Pearson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon during the 1880s. He is credited as being one of the first people to attempt high flying marks where a player jumps on the back of another in order to take a mark. Nicknamed the Commotion, he was considered one of the finest players of his era.
Due to his work at a rural sheep station in Queensland he only played sporadically for Essendon. In the 1920s, he was reported to be managing a cattle station in Argentina.
References
- "Fullpointsfooty.net". Archived from the original on 7 June 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - "Champions of Essendon ". Referee (Sydney, NSW : 1886 - 1939). Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 8 August 1917. p. 16. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- "Farm and Dairy". The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 17 September 1921. p. 6. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
External links
- Charlie Pearson at AustralianFootball.com