Charlie 'Tracker' Forbes (born 8 May 1865) was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 in the VFL

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

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Forbes was a successful player for Essendon in the years leading up to the formation of the VFL in the 1890s. A high marking ruckman

Ruckman (Australian rules football position)

In Australian rules football, a ruckman is typically a tall and athletic player who contests at centre bounces and stoppages . The ruckman is one of the most important players on the field...

, he was a member of the side which won four successive premierships from 1891 and 1894.

Forbes was named Player of the Season in 1892 by The Argus (Australia)

The Argus (Australia)

The Argus was a morning daily newspaper in Melbourne established in 1846 and closed in 1957. Widely known as a conservative newspaper for most of its history, it adopted a left leaning approach from 1949...

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When he made his VFL debut in 1897 he was already 32 and played in their premiership team that year. He also played in the 1898 VFL Grand Final

1898 VFL Grand Final

The 1898 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held in Melbourne on 24 September 1898...

, the first ever, but Essendon went down to Fitzroy.