title: Charlie Parsons (footballer)
text: # Charlie Parsons (footballer)
  
  Charles Berry Parsons (24 August 1903 – 12 July 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
  
  ## Family
  
  The son of Edward Charles Parsons (1870–1938), and Clarissa Helen Wright (1871–1946), née Wright, Charles Berry Parsons was born at Numurkah, Victoria on 24 August 1903.
  
  He married Maude Florence Lydia Bartell (1910–1997) at Perth on 5 October 1935.
  
  ## Football
  
  Renowned for his skill and his scrupulous fairness, he played at the highest level of Australian Rules football in three States — with Carlton in the VFL, with Sturt in the SANFL, and with Claremont in the WANFL — and, also, represented both the VFL and the SANFL in representative matches.
  
  ## Military service
  
  He enlisted in the Second AIF in 1940, and had reached the rank of Lieutenant at the time of his discharge in 1945.
  
  ## Death
  
  He died (suddenly) at his home at Warracknabeal, Victoria on 12 July 1965.
  
  