Charles Young (American football)

Charles Everett Young (1868 – March 21, 1909) was an American college football player and coach. He was the seventh head football coach at the University of Missouri, serving for one season, in 1897, and compiling a record of 5–6.

Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, Young was an alumnus of the University of Missouri, where he played college football from 1893 to 1895, captaining the team all three years. Young died at the age of 40, of typhoid fever, on March 21, 1909, at his home in St. Louis, Missouri. He was survived by his wife, Sally Burgess Young, and buried in Columbia, Missouri.