Past Player of the Week – Charles McGavisk

Charley McGavisk was 25 when he played his first game for Norwood. He came from West Torrens with a great reputation as a solid, reliable ruck/rover, good enough to represent the state, with seven interstate games to his credit. He maintained these lofty standards whilst at the Redlegs, playing 67 games from 1908 until 1912.

His best years 1908 to 1910 were characterized by cool thinking, speed, clean palming of the ball to advantage and willingness to assist teammates.  He played alongside some of the finest Norwood players of the era in Phil Robin, Lance Lewis, Lionel Hill, R J B Townsend and Charles Perry. Despite all this however, Norwood lost the grand finals of 1908 and 1909 to West Adelaide.

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