Charlie Jenkins
Fitzroy
AFL career
8 games0 goals
- Debut
- R1 1898 v ESS14 May 1898
- Most recent
- R8 1898 v ESS25 June 1898
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Bio
Arriving from West Melbourne, Charlie Jenkins joined Fitzroy for the 1898 season, a year that would eventually define the club’s early history. Often confused with his teammate and future club legend Ern Jenkins, Charlie was utilised as a forward but found the transition to VFL football difficult, failing to register a goal across his eight senior games. He featured regularly during the first half of the year but lost his place in the side by late June, unable to regain his spot for the sectional rounds or the Grand Final. Consequently, Jenkins missed out on participating in Fitzroy’s breakthrough premiership victory over Essendon, leaving the club after a single season where he ultimately sat on the periphery of history.
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- Born
- 17 June 1878 (age 148y 127d)
- Birthplace
- Carlton, VIC
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1 revisionArriving from West Melbourne, Charlie Jenkins joined Fitzroy for the 1898 season, a year that would eventually define the club’s early history. Often confused with his teammate and future club legend Ern Jenkins, Charlie was utilised as a forward but found the transition to VFL football difficult, failing to register a goal across his eight senior games. He featured regularly during the first half of the year but lost his place in the side by late June, unable to regain his spot for the sectional rounds or the Grand Final. Consequently, Jenkins missed out on participating in Fitzroy’s breakthrough premiership victory over Essendon, leaving the club after a single season where he ultimately sat on the periphery of history.