Hubert James "Bert" Calwell (25 December 1898 – 1 July 1962) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with Hawthorn in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL).

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.

Football

He commenced his football career at Ringwood before joining Hawthorn for the

1925 VFL season The 1925 VFL season was the 29th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs and ran from 2 May to 10 October, comprising a 17-match ...

. 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 The Camberwell Football Club, nicknamed the Cobras, was an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Camberwell, Victoria, Camberwell. The club competed in the Victorian Football League, Victorian Football Association (VFA) ...

. 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.

Death

Bert Calwell died at Oakleigh on 1 July 1962 and is buried at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.

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Bert Calwell's playing statistics
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