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Title: Charlie Sutton has Passed Away
Post by: WilliamPowell on June 05, 2012, 05:04:54 PM

Footscray legend and their only Premiership Captain/Coach Charlie Sutton has passed away aged 88

Had the honour of meeting him in the last few weeks a true gentleman

RIP Charlie

Condolences to his family and the Footscray Football Club

Title: Re: Charlie Sutton has Passed Away
Post by: Hellenic Tiger on June 05, 2012, 08:19:38 PM

RIP Charlie.

Legend at the Footscray Football Club.

Title: Re: Charlie Sutton has Passed Away
Post by: DCrane on June 05, 2012, 08:57:08 PM

A true legend of a time when even the mention of suburbs like Yarraville, Braybrook, Spotswood and Maidstone used to send a shiver down your spine.
These areas have now been mostly gentrified and have become a haven for cafe lovers, culture vultures and your square-rimmed glasses type. Is it just coincidence that the softening of these once tough suburbs has parallels with the decline in hardness in the Bulldogs over the last 30 years?

Title: Re: Charlie Sutton has Passed Away
Post by: mightytiges on June 08, 2012, 12:16:45 PM

Met him when I was kid living in Footscray. He was a very humble bloke and everyone in the local area loved him.

RIP Charlie.