Charlie Canet (8 September 1895 – 11 February 1978)[1] was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Charlie Canet
Canet in 1921
Personal information
Full name Charles Canet
Date of birth (1895-09-08)8 September 1895
Place of birth Tallygaroopna, Victoria
Date of death 11 February 1978(1978-02-11) (aged 82)
Place of death Macleod, Victoria
Original team(s) Brunswick Juniors
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Position(s) Wing
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1916–21 Carlton 80 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1921.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Canet coached Sale to premierships in 1924 and 1927 in the Gippsland Football League.[3]

After successfully coaching Nathalia to the 1923 Goulburn Valley Football Association premiership and Maffra, Sale and Kyabram, Canet was appointed as coach of the Carlton Reserves in 1940. [4]

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  1. ^ "Charlie Canet - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. ^ "1927 - Canet reappointed as coach". Trove Newspapers. Gippsland Times (Vic). 31 January 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. ^ "1940 - Canet for Seconds". Trove Newspapers. The Argus. 13 March 1940. p. 21. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

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