Charles Theophilus Bolton (1 July 1876 – 15 September 1954) was an Australian rules footballer who played a single game with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Eight years after his brief senior football career, Bolton served in World War I, spending six months in New Guinea in the Navy before enlisting in the Army with the 7th Light Horse.
He fought at Gallipoli before being discharged with heart problems in August 1916.