Bernie Bignell

Charles Bernard Alfred Bignell (12 May 1917 – 19 June 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Bernie Bignell
Personal information
Full name	Charles Bernard Alfred Bignell
Date of birth	(1917-05-12)12 May 1917
Place of birth	Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Date of death	19 June 1967(1967-06-19) (aged 50)
Place of death	Kew, Victoria, Australia
Original team(s)	Mantons & Northcote High School
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1940, 1945	Carlton	6 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

He married Gwendoline Phyllis Allan in 1942.

Military service

He enlisted in the Second AIF in August 1940.

Death

He died at his home in Kew, Victoria on 19 June 1967.^[2]