caption heightweight death_date years clubs image_size statsend coachyears originalteam birth_date coachclubs image article_title name
charlie gaudion in 1963 180 cm / 87 kg 10 october 1979 1926 - '' ' -- 1929 1931 -- 1937 '' ` total footscray north melbourne 120 1937 1956-1957 north melbourne juniors 14 april 1904 north melbourne charlie_gaudion_1963 . jpg charlie gaudion
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charlie gaudion

charlie gaudion -lrb- 14 april 1904 - 10 october 1979 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with footscray and north melbourne in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
he was the father of north melbourne player michael gaudion .
gaudion was a key position player and began his career in 1926 at footscray .
he played with the club for four seasons before moving to the victorian football association -lrb- vfa -rrb- where he signed with coburg .
after just a year at coburg he returned to the league and played with north melbourne , becoming a regular in their side during the 1930s .
he was also a regular for victoria at interstate football , playing every year from 1932 to 1936 , the last as captain .
in both 1956 and 1957 he coached north melbourne , many of those games involving his son michael .
in the 1960s he served as players ' advocate at the vfl tribunal .
