Shinboner number: 510
Guernsey numbers: 19, 37
Born: January 7, 1939
Died: December 12, 2024
North Melbourne games: 81 (1959–64)
Goals: 3
North Melbourne Hall of Fame inductee: 2009

Shinboner No.510, Cheatley played 81 games from 1959 to 1964 after being recruited from Ballarat Football League club Redan.

His North Melbourne career ended when he was just 25 years old, due to a serious ankle injury. He returned to the club in 1971 in an off-field capacity and assumed the role of director of marketing.

He was ahead of his time, and under his watch the Grand Final Breakfast, first instituted in the 1960s, was expanded to the point it became a mainstay on the AFL’s events calendar.

He was also the driving force behind a number of matchday initiatives that became must-see moments at North Melbourne home games.

Famously, the half-time entertainment at a North Melbourne-Collingwood match in 1979 featured a circus elephant, which briefly escaped from its handler. 

The moment has become a colourful chapter in the club's folklore.

Cheatley wore the No.19 in 79 of his 81 games for the Kangaroos.