Charles Raff

Charles Raff
Personal information
Full name	Charles James Raff
Date of birth	(1878-10-09)9 October 1878
Place of birth	Carlton, Victoria
Date of death	4 August 1948(1948-08-04) (aged 69)
Place of death	Coburg, Victoria
Original team(s)	Carlton Juniors / Parkville
Position(s)	half-back flank
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1899	St Kilda	5 (3)
1901	Carlton	3 (0)
Total		8 (3)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1901.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Charles James Raff (9 October 1878 – 4 August 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of James Raff (1839-98), and Ellen Jane Raff (1848-1915), née Powell,^[2] Charles James Raff was born in Carlton, Victoria on 9 October 1878.

He married Lillian Crossan in 1910. They had one child, Norman Charles Raff (1918-)

Football

St Kilda (VFL)

He played 5 games for St Kilda in 1899.

Carlton (VFL)

He played 3 games for Carlton in 1901. He was cleared from Carlton to Carlton Juniors in June 1901.^[3]

Preston (VFA)

Raff played four games for Preston Football Club (VFA) in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1903.

Death

He died at his home in Coburg, Victoria on 4 August 1948.^[4]

Notes

1. Holmesby & Main (2009), p.685.
2. Deaths: Raff, The Age, (Wednesday, 21 July 1915), p.1.
3. Victorian Football League, The Argus, (Thursday, 20 June 1901), p.9.
4. Deaths: Raff, The Age, (Friday, 6 August 1948), p.2.

References

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.

External links

• Charles Raff's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Charles Raff's profile at Blueseum
• Charles Raff at AustralianFootball.com
• Charles "Bunny" Raff's profile at The VFA Project.