title: Charlie Zinnick
text: # Charlie Zinnick
  
  Charles Frederick "Chook" Zinnick (31 March 1896 – 5 August 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Footscray.
  
  ## Family
  
  The son of Anton August Zinnack (1856-1915), and Elizabeth Zinnack (1862-1912), née Dewson, Carl Frederick Zinnack was born at Birkenhead, South Australia on 31 March 1896.
  
  ## Football
  
  ### Yarraville (VJFA)
  
  1914, 1919, 1922,
  
  ### Essendon (VFL)
  
  1921. After a short career of 13 games at Essendon, Zinnick moved to Footscray where he played while the club was in the Victorian Football Association.
  
  ### Footscray (VFA)
  
  1922-1924
  
  ### Footscray (VFL)
  
  He played only one further VFL game before retiring shortly after Footscray joined the Victorian Football League in 1925.
  
  ## Death
  
  He died at the Footscray Hospital, in Footscray, Victoria on 5 August 1967.
  
  