# George Calwell > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/George_Calwell > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/George_Calwell.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Calwell > Source revision: 1337025339 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2011}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = George Calwell | image = | fullname = George Lewis Calwell | birth_date = {{birth date|1891|7|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Carlton, Victoria](/source/Carlton%2C_Victoria) | death_date = {{death date and age|1971|8|24|1891|7|2|df=yes}} | death_place = [Richmond, Victoria](/source/Richmond%2C_Victoria) | originalteam = Clifton's Rope Works | height = 178 cm | weight = 76 kg | position = | statsend = 1916 | years1 = 1914–16 | club1 = [Carlton](/source/Carlton_Football_Club) | games_goals1 = 24 (3) | careerhighlights = }} '''George Lewis Calwell''' (2 July 1891 – 24 August 1971) was an [Australian rules football](/source/Australian_rules_football)er who played for [Carlton](/source/Carlton_Football_Club) in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Victorian_Football_League_(1897%E2%80%931989)) (VFL).{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}} Calwell was born in Carlton, the eldest child of George Lewis Calwell snr and Caroline Alice Corrigan. Two of his younger brothers, [Clarrie](/source/Clarrie_Calwell) and [Bert](/source/Bert_Calwell), also played VFL football. Originally from the Clifton's Rope Works team, Calwell made his league debut for Carlton in [1914](/source/1914_VFL_season) and, despite not initially taking part in that year's finals series, was recalled for the [Grand Final](/source/1914_VFL_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. A foot injury caused Calwell to miss playing in Carlton's premiership team [the following season](/source/1915_VFL_season). By now he had enlisted for active service and was assigned to the Corps of Engineers for specialist training at Langwarrin. He was however picked in the [1916 VFL Grand Final](/source/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. 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;{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5412795 |title=A POLICE BARRACKS SENSATION |newspaper=[The Advertiser](/source/The_Advertiser_(Adelaide)) |location=Adelaide |date=10 June 1913 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}} he faced trial but was found not guilty. He later worked as a carpenter.{{cite news|newspaper=The Ballarat Star|date=13 December 1923|publication-place=Ballarat, VIC|title=Alleged attempted capital offence}} 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, and was sentenced to nine months imprisonment.{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|title=Young woman attacked}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{AustralianFootball}} *{{AFL Tables}} *[https://blueseum.org/George_Calwell George Calwell's profile] at Blueseum {{1914 Carlton premiership players}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Calwell, George}} Category:1891 births Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Category:Carlton Football Club players Category:Carlton Football Club premiership players Category:Australian military personnel of World War I Category:1971 deaths Category:VFL/AFL premiership players Category:People from Carlton, Victoria Category:Military personnel from Melbourne Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [George Calwell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Calwell) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Calwell?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.