John Charles "Buffer" Sime (3 August 1871 – 16 June 1961) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

The son of John Sime (1816-1891),^[2] and Jane Sime (1831–1906), née Mayfield, née Irvine,^[3] John Charles Sime was born at Collingwood, Victoria on 3 August 1871.

A number of the earlier newspaper reports have Symes as his family name.^[4]

Recruited from the local football team, Clarence Juniors, of Clifton Hill,^[5] he made his debut for Collingwood in 1892, the year that Collingwood was admitted into the VFA competition.

Following the formation of the Victorian Football League in 1897, Sime played for Collingwood, against St. Kilda, at Victoria Park, on 8 May 1897, in the team's first-ever match of the VFL's first season.^[6][7]

He died at his residence, in Collingwood, Victoria, on 16 June 1961.^[8]

• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
• Pennings, Mark (2016), Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's early History: Volume 4: Tough Times: Victorian Football loses its Way, 1891 to 1896, Brunswick, Victoria: Grumpy Monks Publishing. ISBN 978-0-646-93604-8
• Collingwood Football Team (Photograph), Melbourne Punch, (Thursday, 15 June 1899), p.578.

• Charlie Sime's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Charlie Sime at AustralianFootball.com
• Charlie Sime's profile at Collingwood Forever