Alf Callick
Personal information
Full name Alfred Joseph Callick[1]
Date of birth (1925-08-14)14 August 1925
Place of birth South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of death 3 January 2021(2021-01-03) (aged 95)
Original team(s) South Melbourne Colts
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1943–1950 South Melbourne 57 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alfred Joseph Callick (14 August 1925 – 3 January 2021) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Callick, a South Melbourne Colts player, was used by South Melbourne as a ruckman and defender.[2] He made his debut in South Melbourne's win over Footscray at Princes Park in the 1943 VFL season, then didn't reappear until 1946, due to war service.[3][4]

After leaving South Melbourne, Callick played for Traralgon and was club coach for the 1954 Latrobe Valley Football League season.[5][6]

References

  1. "WW2 Nominal Roll - Callick, Alfred Joseph". Government of Australia.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  3. "Alf Callick". AFL Tables.
  4. "WW2 Nominal Roll - Callick, Alfred Joseph". Government of Australia.
  5. "Traralgon Appoints Coach". Morwell Advertiser. Morwell, Vic. 12 November 1953. p. 20. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  6. Bulletin, Volume 40, No. 2. Traralgon & District Historical Society. June 2009.
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