title: Charlie Whitehead (footballer)
text: # Charlie Whitehead (footballer)
  
  Charlie Whitehead (18 May 1899 – 16 November 1972) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
  
  ## Football
  
  ### Sturt (SAFL/SANFL)
  
  Whitehead played at Sturt with his brother Reg and they were both followers in the 1926 premiership winning team. He was club captain in the 1928 season.
  
  A ruckman, Whitehead kicked 16 goals from the 11 interstate games which he played for South Australia, including matches at the 1927 Melbourne Carnival and 1930 Adelaide Carnival.
  
  ### St Kilda (VFL)
  
  In 1932 he returned to Melbourne to spend a season with St Kilda, but resigned in early August, citing his dissatisfaction at having been demoted to the reserves.
  
  ### Sturt (SANFL)
  
  He finished his career back at Sturt, where he played for two more years.
  
  