Charles Fletcher

Charles John Compton Fletcher (9 May 18949 September 1973) was a New Zealand international rugby union player active in the 1910s and 1920s.

Educated at King's College, Fletcher played army rugby while serving his country in World War I, which proved good preparation when he later made the step up to first-class rugby with College Rifles. He won the Auckland championship with College Rifles in 1919 and made his provincial debut for Auckland that year.

Fletcher, a loose forward, won his maiden All Blacks call up in 1920 for a tour of Australia, but subsequently broke his ankle playing a warm-up game and was ruled out for the remainder of the season. Despite being unable to play, Fletcher kept his place in the touring party at the insistence of Moke Belliss, a friend from his war years whose accidental boot had caused the injury.