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George Calwell
Personal information
Full name George Lewis Calwell
Date of birth (1891-07-02)2 July 1891
Place of birth Carlton, Victoria
Date of death 24 August 1971(1971-08-24) (aged 80)
Place of death Richmond, Victoria
Original team(s) Clifton's Rope Works
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1914–16 Carlton 24 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1916.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

George Lewis Calwell (2 July 1891 – 24 August 1971)

Victorian Football League
(VFL).

Calwell was born in Carlton, the eldest child of George Lewis Calwell snr and Caroline Alice Corrigan. Two of his younger brothers,

Grand Final. Carlton wanted his pace around the packs and put Calwell in the first ruck, a decision which helped them to claim the premiership.[2]

A foot injury caused Calwell to miss playing in Carlton's premiership team

1916 VFL Grand Final, his first match since late in the 1915 season. Just weeks after the Grand Final, Calwell was told by army doctors that he was suffering from a degenerative condition in the joints of the toes. He was discharged as medically unfit and never played for Carlton again.[3]

Off-field, Calwell initially worked as a policeman before being dismissed after firing a pistol and endangering colleagues during a struggle with fellow officers at the Russell-street police station in 1913;[4] he faced trial but was found not guilty. He later worked as a carpenter.[5] In 1923, Calwell was convicted of assault with intent to commit an offence against a 21-year-old woman who was boarding at his and his wife's Hawksburn home,[5] and was sentenced to nine months imprisonment.[6]

References

  1. ^ "George Calwell – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5
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  3. ^ AFL Tables: George Calwell
  4. ^ "A POLICE BARRACKS SENSATION". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 10 June 1913. p. 9 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ a b "Alleged attempted capital offence". The Ballarat Star. Ballarat, VIC. 13 December 1923.
  6. ^ "Young woman attacked". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC.
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