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{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Charlie Goding
| image = 
| fullname = Charles Alfred Goding
| birth_date = 3 August 1876
| birth_place = [[Melbourne]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1926|9|5|1876|8|3|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Caulfield, Victoria]]
| height = 
| weight = 
| position = 
| statsend = 1904
| years1 = 1897
| club1 = [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]
| games_goals1 = {{0}}4 {{0}}(1)
| years2 = 1899–1904
| club2 = [[Sydney Swans|South Melbourne]]
| games_goals2 = 63 (60)
| games_goalstotal = 67 (61)
| careerhighlights = 
}}

'''Charles Alfred Goding''' (3 August 1876 &ndash; 5 September 1926)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Charlie%2BGoding/1025 |title=Charlie Goding - Player Bio |publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=28 December 2014}}</ref> was an [[Australian rules football]]er who played with [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] and [[Sydney Swans|South Melbourne]] in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL).

Goding started his VFL career at Melbourne, for the inaugural league season in 1897.<ref>{{cite book |last=Holmesby |first=Russell |last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}</ref> He joined South Melbourne in 1899 and was a [[centre half-back]] in their team which lost [[1899 VFL Grand Final|that year's grand final]].<ref name=AFLTables>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/C/Charlie_Goding.html AFL Tables: Charlie Goding]</ref> From 1901 he played as a forward. In his first season up forward he kicked 19 goals, finishing one goal behind [[Harry Lampe]] in the South Melbourne goal-kicking.<ref name=AFLTables/> He equaled that tally in 1902 and kicked another 10 goals in 1903, winning the club's goal-kicking award on each occasion.<ref name=AFLTables/>

His sole representative match came in 1901, when he appeared for the VFL against South Australia.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/interstate_football_is_born.htm| title=Interstate Football Is Born| publisher=Full Points Footy| access-date=7 November 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127184940/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/interstate_football_is_born.htm| archive-date=27 January 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref>

He also played for [[Essendon Association Football Club|Essendon Association]] in the [[Victorian Football Association]], after leaving South Melbourne.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/g.htm#Harry%20Goding%20%28South%20Melbourne%20&%20Essendon%20Association%29| title=Charlie Goding (South Melbourne & Essendon Association)| publisher=Full Points Footy| access-date=7 November 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204133902/http://fullpointsfooty.net/g.htm#Harry%20Goding%20%28South%20Melbourne%20&%20Essendon%20Association%29| archive-date=4 February 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Notess==
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==References==
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175400318 South Melbourne Team, ''Melbourne Punch'', (Thursday, 4 June 1903), p.16.] 

==External links==
* {{AFL Tables | C/Charlie_Goding }}
* {{AustralianFootball | charlie+goding/1025 }}

{{Sydney leading goalkickers}}

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[[Category:1876 births]]
[[Category:1926 deaths]]
[[Category:Melbourne Football Club players]]
[[Category:Sydney Swans players]]
[[Category:Essendon Association Football Club players]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne]]


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