Bert Calwell

Bert Calwell
Personal information
Full name	Hubert James Calwell[1]
Date of birth	25 December 1898
Place of birth	Carlton, Victoria
Date of death	1 July 1962 (aged 63)
Place of death	Oakleigh, Victoria
Original team(s)	Ringwood
Height/Weight	173 cm / – kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1925–27	Hawthorn	29 (3)
^1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1927 season.

Hubert James "Bert" Calwell (25 December 1898 – 1 July 1962)^[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[3] He was a younger brother of George Calwell and Clarrie Calwell and served in World War I.^[4]

He commenced his football career at Ringwood before joining Hawthorn for the 1925 VFL season.^[5] He made his debut in Round 3 and played in every game from then on during their first season of VFL football. During the 1927 season he transferred to Camberwell Football Club.^[6]

Notes

1. "FOOTBALL PERMITS.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 30 April 1925. p. 15.
2. "Bert Calwell – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
4. "Hubert James Calwell". The AIF Project.
5. "FOOTBALL.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 21 April 1925. p. 17.
6. "Football". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 9 June 1927. p. 6. Retrieved 26 July 2014.

External links

• Bert Calwell's statistics from AFL Tables