Career Stats & Summary
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Ken James Charlton
- Nickname(s)
- The Tank
- Born
- Sunday, 15th July, 1923
- Died
- 2012
- Place Of Birth
- Auburn, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Neville Charlton
- Son
- Tony Charlton
- Son
- Philip Charlton
Biography
The brother of Nev Charlton, Ken Charlton served with the RAAF in England during the war before commencing a long career with the Canterbury club as both a player and administrator. Following his retirement as a player in 1959, Ken ' The Tank' Charlton was the foundation secretary of Canterbury Leagues Club and was later a vice-president of the NSWRL in 1961.
Additional Notes
Served the RAAF in World War II as a Warrant Officer prior to starting his career in Rugby League.
Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Representative | ||||||||||||||
Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
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| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Possibles (AU) | 1948 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1948 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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Australian League Matches - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1946 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 56.25% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1947 | 21 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1948 | 14 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 28.57% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1949 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 10 | 2 | 33.33% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1950 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1951 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 43.75% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1952 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 12 | 1 | 27.78% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1953 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1954 | ? | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Overall | 1946-1954 | ? | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||
Australian League Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Canterbury | 1946-53 | 127 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 57 | 64 | 6 | 44.88% | List | |||
| Overall | 1946-1954 | ? | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||
Australian Finals Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Canterbury | 1946-47 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1946-1947 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||
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