Charlie Dixon

Charlie Dixon is a forward for Port Adelaide. His recent performance has been good with an average of 11.1 over the last 5 rounds, playing . As a forward, he is ranked number 44 in the competition with an average of 11.1 for the season. His consistency has been variable but overall performance has been strong.

Charlie Dixon (born 23 September 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Gold Coast Football Club. He was recruited as a Queensland zoned selection made available to Gold Coast under the AFL's draft concessions. He scored the first ever goal in the history of the club on 2 April 2011 against Carlton.

Dixon was born into a family which consisted of parents that both played basketball in their younger years. Dixon began playing basketball at the age of four and made several junior representative sides through the eight years he played the sport. In 2003 his older brother convinced him to begin playing Australian Rules Football for the first time at the age of 12.

Dixon began playing junior football with the Redlynch Lions Football Club in 2003. He would then join the Cairns Saints Football Club and make the seniors team at the age of 16. In his last game for the Saints he played in the 2007 AFL Cairns Grand Final on his 17th birthday, the Saints would finish runner ups.

Following graduation from high school at the end of 2007 he and his brother moved to Brisbane where they were invited to play for the Redland Bombers in the AFL Queensland State League. He worked his way through the Redland ranks before playing for the senior side in 2008. In August, 2008, Dixon was the first player ever to sign a contract with the newly formed Gold Coast Football Club for their inaugural year in the TAC Cup. At the beginning of the 2009 TAC Cup season Dixon was named vice captain of the club. He played 15 games for the season and also represented the Queensland under 18 team in the AFL National Under 18 Championships 3 times and was a standout.