Jim Caldwell (footballer)

Jim Caldwell
Personal information
Full name	James McIlwrick Caldwell
Date of birth	(1888-08-11)11 August 1888
Place of birth	Williamstown, Victoria
Date of death	21 August 1929(1929-08-21) (aged 41)
Place of death	East Melbourne, Victoria
Height / weight	173 cm / 66 kg
Position(s)	Rover
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1907–08, 1920–22 1909–19 1923–24	Williamstown South Melbourne Perth	070 155 (34) 013
Coaching career³
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1923–24 1925 1929	Perth Carlton South Melbourne	28 (4–23–1) 11 (4–7–0) 4 (1–3–0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1924. ³ Coaching statistics correct as of 1929.
Career highlights
South Melbourne premiership captain 1918 South Melbourne captain 1918–1919

Jim Caldwell (11 August 1888 – 21 August 1929) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Caldwell played through the centre and was a premiership player with Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Williamstown before joining South Melbourne in 1909. In his debut season, South Melbourne reached the Grand Final but Caldwell missed playing due to a nine-week suspension for striking in the Preliminary Final. Almost a decade later, in 1918, he captained the club to victory in the 1918. By then, Caldwell was playing as a rover and had become a regular Victorian interstate representative.

In 1921, Caldwell captain-coached Williamstown to a premiership.^[1]

Caldwell coached VFL club Carlton in 1925. In 1929, Caldwell was appointed South Melbourne coach but died season, on 21 August.^[2]

He is the brother of the St Kilda footballer Arthur Caldwell.

Footnotes

↑ Fiddian, Marc (2013). The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. Melbourne Sports Books. p. 47.
↑ "FOOTBALLER'S DEATH". The Examiner. Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 21 August 1929. p. 2 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 24 January 2011.

References

Roll of Honour: Personal Particulars: Private A. E. Caldwell, The Argus, Friday 13 August 1915, p.13.

External links

Jim Caldwell's statistics from AFL Tables
Jim Caldwell's profile from AustralianFootball.com

South Melbourne Football Club 1918 VFL premiers

South Melbourne 9.8 (62) defeated Collingwood 7.15 (57), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

2. Belcher 4. Barber 6. Caldwell (c) 8. Doherty 9. Daly 12. Graham 14. Howell 16. Hynes 17. Laird 20. O'Halloran 22. Rademacher 23. Robertson 24. Ryan 26. Skehan 27. Tandy 29. Turner 30. Wood 32. O'Donoghue

Coaches: Elms Howson

Captains of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

1897–1898: Fraser 1899: Adamson 1900: Windley 1901: Trim 1902: Windley 1903: Fogarty 1904–1905: McGee 1906: Howson 1907–1908: Dolphin 1909: Ricketts 1910–1911: Thomas 1912: Ricketts 1913: H. Kelly 1914–1915; 1917:* Belcher 1918–1919: Caldwell 1920: Belcher 1921: Willis 1922: Tandy 1923–1925: P. Scanlan 1926–1927: Pannam 1928: J. Scanlan 1929: Stanbridge 1930–1931: J. Scanlan 1932: Leonard 1933–1936: Bisset 1937: Nash 1938–1945: Matthews 1946–1948: Graham 1949: Lucas 1950–1952: Lane 1953–1954: Clegg 1955: Gunn 1956: Gillett 1957–1960: Clegg 1961–1971: Skilton 1972: Rantall 1973–1976: Bedford 1977–1979: Quade 1980–1984: Round 1984–1985: Browning 1986–1992: Carroll 1993–2002: P. Kelly 2003–2005: Maxfield 2006–2007: Hall/Kirk/Barry 2008: Hall/Barry/Bolton 2009–2010: Bolton/Goodes/Kirk 2011–2012: Goodes/McVeigh 2013–2016: Jack/McVeigh 2017–: Kennedy

*South Melbourne did not participate in the VFL in 1916 due to World War I

Coaches of the Carlton Football Club

1902–1909: Worrall 1909–1911: Elliott 1912: Clark 1913: Wells 1914–1918: Clark 1919: Valentine 1920–1922: Clark 1922–1923: Clover 1924: Parratt 1925: Caldwell 1925: O'Brien 1926: Brew 1927: Clover 1928: Brew 1929–1934: Minogue 1935–1936: Maher 1937: Rowe 1938–1940: Diggins 1941–1955: Bentley 1956–1958: Francis 1959–1964: Hands 1965–1971: Barassi 1972–1975: Nicholls 1972; 1975: McKenzie 1976–1977: Thorogood 1978: Stewart 1978: Silvagni 1978–1979: Jesaulenko 1980: Jones 1981–1985: Parkin 1986–1989: Walls 1989–1990: Jesaulenko 1991–2000: Parkin 2001–2002: Brittain 2003–2007: Pagan 2007–2012: Ratten 2013–2015: Malthouse 2015: Barker 2016–: Bolton

Italics denote caretaker coach

Coaches of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

1909: Ricketts 1910–1911: Thomas 1912: Ricketts 1913: H. Kelly 1914–1917: Belcher 1918–1919: Elms/Howson 1920: Hiskins 1921: Wood 1922: Cazaly 1923–1928: Pannam 1929: Caldwell 1929: Fleiter 1930–1931: Scanlan 1932: Leonard 1933–1936: Bisset 1935: Diggins 1937–1938: Cazaly 1939: Matthews 1940: Baggott 1941–1944: J. Kelly 1945–1948: Adams 1948–1949: Hale 1950–1952: Lane 1953: Nash 1954–1957: Matthews 1958–1959: Clegg 1960–1961: Faul 1962–1964: McMahen 1965–1966: Skilton 1965: Lahiff 1967–1968: Miller 1969–1972: Smith 1973–1975: John 1976–1977: Stewart 1978: Tuddenham 1979–1981: Stewart 1982–1984: Quade 1984: Franklin 1984: Hammond 1985: Northey 1986–1988: Hafey 1989–1991: Kinnear 1992–1993: Buckenara 1993: Scott 1993–1995: Barassi 1996–2002: Eade 2002–2010: Roos 2011–: Longmire

Italics denote caretaker coach

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Jim Caldwell (footballer)

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