Charlie Dummett
Dummett in 1909
Personal information
Full name Herbert Charles Dummett
Date of birth (1891-01-09)9 January 1891
Place of birth Brunswick, Victoria
Date of death 4 May 1976(1976-05-04) (aged 85)
Place of death Kew, Victoria
Original team(s) Rose of Northcote
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1909, 1911 Collingwood 4 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Herbert Charles Dummett (9 January 1891 – 4 May 1976)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of Henry Peter James Dummett (1857-1921),[2] and Jessie Adeline Dummett (1856-1928), née Rouse,[3] Charlie Dummett was born in Brunswick on 9 January 1891.

He was the brother of Collingwood footballer Alf Dummett, and of Victorian cricketer Arthur Dummett (1900-1968).[4]

He married Amy Dorothy Bertram (1895-1974) in 1916.[5]

Footballer

Dummett made three appearances for Collingwood in the 1909 VFL season, as an 18-year-old.[6][7] He did not play at all in 1910, a Collingwood premiership season;[6] and in 1911 he played just one senior game.[6]

Although his brother, Alf Dummett, was also at Collingwood at that time, they never played together.[8]

Goal umpire

From 1927 to 1945, Dummett goal umpired 264 VFL matches, the most ever by a former player. He officiated in the 1933 and 1943 VFL Grand Finals.[9]

Death

He died on 4 May 1976.[10]

Footnotes

References

  • AFLUA: Herbert Dummett Archived 10 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.


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