title: Charlie Young (footballer, born 1918)
text: # Charlie Young (footballer, born 1918)
  
  Charles William Young (10 October 1918 – 22 March 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
  
  ## Family
  
  He married Lucy Carmel Thomas in 1943.
  
  ## Military service
  
  He enlisted in the Second AIF on 13 May 1943.
  
  ## Death
  
  He died instantly from injuries he sustained in a massive explosion on the seismic survey ship Western Spruce at Port Welshpool on 22 March 1969.
  
  