{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Bert Calwell | image = | fullname = Hubert James Calwell<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2088348 |title=FOOTBALL PERMITS. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=30 April 1925 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date|1898|12|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Carlton, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1962|7|1|1898|12|25|df=yes}} | death_place = Oakleigh, Victoria | originalteam = Ringwood | height = 173 cm | weight = | position = | guernsey = 26 | statsend = 1931 | years1 = 1925–1927 | club1 = {{AFL Haw}} | games_goals1 = 29 (3) | years2 = 1927–1931 | club2 = Camberwell (VFA) | games_goals2 = 53 (3) | games_goalstotal = 82 (6) | careerhighlights = }} '''Hubert James "Bert" Calwell''' (25 December 1898 – 1 July 1962)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Bert%2BCalwell/4354|title=Bert Calwell – Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=10 December 2014}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}}</ref>
==Family== The fifth of six children born to George Lewis Calwell (1861–1955) and Caroline Alice Calwell (1868–1933), nee Corrigan, Hubert James Calwell was born at Carlton North on 25 December 1898.
Bert Calwell was a younger brother of Carlton VFL players George Calwell and Clarrie Calwell.
==World War I== After trying to enlist at age 17 without his parents' consent in 1916, Calwell enlisted in 1917 and served in both England and France during the latter stages of World War I.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=43659 |title=Hubert James Calwell |publisher=The AIF Project}}</ref>
==Football== He commenced his football career at Ringwood before joining Hawthorn for the 1925 VFL season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2083145 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=21 April 1925 |page=17}}</ref> Calwell made his Hawthorn 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3859525 |title=Football|newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=9 June 1927 |page=6}}</ref> He played with Camberwell until 1931, serving as captain at the end of his period with the club.
==World War II== Calwell enlisted in the 2nd AIF in June 1940, aged 41, and served until October 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=442239&c=WW2#R |title=CALWELL, Hubert James |publisher=Department of Veterans Affairs}}</ref>
==Death== Bert Calwell died at Oakleigh on 1 July 1962 and is buried at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166940560/herbert-james-calwell |title=Herbert James Calwell |publisher=Find a Grave}}</ref>
== Notes == {{reflist}} == External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=B/Bert_Calwell.html}} *[http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Calwell,_Herbert.php Bert Calwell's playing statistics] from The VFA Project
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