Charlie Clymo
St Kilda
AFL career
43 games21 goals
- Debut
- R1 1907 v CAR27 Apr 1907
- Most recent
- R12 1909 v UNI17 July 1909
Coaching career
21 games17 wins4 losses0 draws
- First
- R1 1931 v COL2 May 1931
- Most recent
- GF 1931 v RCH10 Oct 1931
Stats
Bio
Recruited from the Bendigo goldfields, Charlie Clymo was a fast and dual-sided utility who balanced a demanding life as a miner with his VFL career. Playing for Eaglehawk on Wednesdays and St Kilda on Saturdays, he famously commuted between the country and the city each weekend, often rushing back to Bendigo on Sunday nights to meet his midnight shift underground. Clymo was a key contributor during a historic era for the Saints, featuring in the club's first-ever finals campaign in 1907 as a goal-kicking rover and forward. He retired from VFL play after just three seasons to move to Ballarat, where he became the local fire brigade chief and a coaching legend in country football. He later cemented a unique place in league history when he returned to the VFL two decades later as a "mystery man" to coach Geelong, leading the Cats to the 1931 premiership in his single season at the helm before disappearing back to the bush.
Profile
- Full name
- Charlie Charles Clymo
- Born
- 30 Oct 1884
- Died
- 08 Oct 1955 (aged 70y 343d)
- Birthplace
- Bendigo, VIC
- Deathplace
- Ballarat, VIC
Teams
Coaching
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from the Bendigo goldfields, Charlie Clymo was a fast and dual-sided utility who balanced a demanding life as a miner with his VFL career. Playing for Eaglehawk on Wednesdays and St Kilda on Saturdays, he famously commuted between the country and the city each weekend, often rushing back to Bendigo on Sunday nights to meet his midnight shift underground. Clymo was a key contributor during a historic era for the Saints, featuring in the club's first-ever finals campaign in 1907 as a goal-kicking rover and forward. He retired from VFL play after just three seasons to move to Ballarat, where he became the local fire brigade chief and a coaching legend in country football. He later cemented a unique place in league history when he returned to the VFL two decades later as a "mystery man" to coach Geelong, leading the Cats to the 1931 premiership in his single season at the helm before disappearing back to the bush.