Bill McCallum

Short Biography

Bill McCallum Soccer - In the opening round of the 1931 season, a year after his older brother Perce had debuted as a senior player, Bill McCallum joined him in the Norwood side, and performed well as the Redlegs downed West Adelaide by 27 points at Wayville Showgrounds. It was the start of an auspicious career which would see him land the Magarey Medal in South Australia's centenary year of 1936, win two club best and fairest awards, represent South Australia, and participate in a premiership win in his last game of league football. His Medal win was somewhat unexpected as most pundits backed Port Adelaide's Bob Quinn, but McCallum, who earlier in the year had been shifted to what was to become his favoured centre position, had enjoyed a highly consistent year and finished two votes clear of runner-up Jim Dawes of South Adelaide, with Quinn a further three votes adrift in third place.Tall for a centreman of his era at 187 cm, and weighing 80 kg, McCallum was strong overhead and a superb kick. He was also extremely versatile, and although centre remained his position of choice, he could do an almost equally good job across half forward, in the ruck, or even at the goal front. All told, he played 153 games for Norwood, and six for the state, including both matches at the 1937 Perth carnival. His final appearance in the navy blue and red came in a 14.16 (100) to 10.11 (71) Grand Final defeat of Sturt in 1941.William 'Bill' Bramley McCallum (born 10 October 1911, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Norwood in the SANFL.McCallum made his debut for Norwood in 1931 and went on to play 154 games for the club. Although he usually played as a centreman, he was also used up forward and in the ruck. He was twice a Best and Fairest winner with Norwood, a Magarey Medalist in 1936 and a South Australian interstate representative on 6 occasions. He played his last league season in 1941 and his last game was Norwood's Grand Final victory over Sturt.