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Australian rules footballer
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8 May 1865, Melbourne, Australia
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20 June 1922, West Melbourne, Australia (aged 57 years)
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57 years
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Essendon Football Club
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Charlie "Tracker" Forbes (8 May 1865 – 20 June 1922) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Forbes was a successful player for Essendon in the VFA prior to the VFL's foundation. A high marking ruckman, he was a member of the side which won four successive premierships from 1891 and 1894, playing 140 games in 1889-1896.
Forbes was named Player of the Season in 1892 by The Argus.
When he made his VFL debut in 1897, he was already 32, and he played in their premiership team that year.He also played in the 1898 VFL Grand Final, the first ever, but Essendon lost to Fitzroy.
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