Charles Henry Zercho
Charles Henry Zercho (15 April 1866 – 30 March 1962) was an Australian Anglican minister, school principal, and Australian rules footballer.
Family[edit]
The son of Charles Henry Zercho (1866-1895),[1][2] and Agnes Zercho (1841-1937), née Nicol,[3] Charles Henry Zercho was born at Barkers Creek (near Castlemaine), Victoria, Australia on 15 April 1866.
He married Margaret Emma Clark (1876-1940) on 17 April 1900.[4][5] They had five children: two daughters and three sons — a son (born 1910) was stillborn, and a daughter (born 1903), and a son (born 1905) each died within 6 months of their birth.
His brother, Frederick William Zercho (1867-1953), founded Zercho's Business College in 1906.
Education[edit]
He graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) from the University of Melbourne on 13 April 1918.[6]
Football[edit]
Recruited from Camberwell, he played with the Essendon Football Club, in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1890;[7][8][9] and, in the third quarter of his first senior match , against Geelong, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground on 28 June 1890, he kicked Essendon's fourth and final goal for the match.[10]
Cleric and educator[edit]
Over his lifetime he held numerous positions as a teacher, headmaster, priest, and as the minister of various parishes.
Death[edit]
He died in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia on 30 March 1962.[11]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Deaths: Zercho, The Argus, (Monday, 26 August 1895), p.1.
- ^ (Obituary), The Mount Alexander Mail, (Monday, 26 August 1895), p.2.
- ^ Deaths: Zercho, The Argus, (Thursday, 1 July 1937), p.1.
- ^ Marriages: Zercho—Clark, The Argus, (Tuesday, 24 April 1900), p.1.
- ^ Deaths: Zercho, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Wednesday, 21 August 1940), p.12.
- ^ University Commencement, The Argus, (Monday, 15 April 1918), p.8.
- ^ Maplestone (1996), p.436.
- ^ Football, The Bacchus Marsh Express, (Saturday, 3 July 1926), p.3.
- ^ Veteran Footballers, The Argus, (Saturday, 27 September 1924), p.31.
- ^ Football: Essendon v. Geelong, The Argus, (Monday, 30 June 1890), p.10.
- ^ Humphries (1990).
References[edit]
- Humphries, Michael E. (1990). "Zercho, Charles Henry (1866–1962)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
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- Australian Anglican priests
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