Jim Caldwell (footballer) explained

Jim Caldwell
Fullname:James McIlwrick Caldwell
Nickname:Ginger
Birth Date:1888 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Williamstown, Victoria
Death Place:East Melbourne, Victoria
Height:173 cm
Weight:66 kg
Position:Rover
Guernsey:4, 2, 6
Statsend:1924
Coachstatsend:1929
Years1:1907–08, 1920–22
Club1:Williamstown (VFA)
Games Goals1:81
Years2:1909–19
Games Goals2:155 (34)
Years3:1920
Club3:Footscray Football Club (VFA)
Years4:1923–24
Club4:Perth
Games Goals4:13
Coachyears1:1923–24
Coachclub1:Perth
Coachgames Wins1:28 (4–23–1)
Coachyears2:1925
Coachgames Wins2:11 (4–7–0)
Coachyears3:1929
Coachgames Wins3:4 (1–3–0)
Careerhighlights:

James McIlwrick "Ginger" Caldwell (11 August 1888 – 20 August 1929) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of Thomas Caldwell and Agnes Caldwell (1854–1907), née Smith,[1] he was born at Williamstown, Victoria, on 11 August 1888.

He married Clarissa Ann Hayes (1891–1967), the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Hayes on 7 August 1912.[2] [3] They had two children, Edna May Caldwell (1913),[4] and John Arthur Caldwell (1917–1987).[5] He was also the brother-in-law of former Williamstown footballer "Jack" May,[6] who married Clarissa's sister in 1917.[7]

Siblings

He had nine brothers and sisters, including:

Football

Williamstown

Caldwell played his junior football with Williamstown CYMS, Yarraville Juniors and Newport Juniors before commencing with Williamstown in the VFA in 1905. He played until 1908 and was a premiership player with Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Williamstown in 1907, the Club's first. He transferred to South Melbourne in 1909.

South Melbourne

In his debut season (1909), South Melbourne reached the Grand Final but Caldwell missed playing due to a nine-week suspension for striking Carlton's George Bruce in the Preliminary Final.[11] Almost a decade later, in 1918, as captain-coach, he led the club to victory in the 1918. By then, Caldwell was playing as a rover and had become a regular Victorian interstate representative.

Footscray

Cleared from South Melbourne on 12 May 1920,[12] he played three matches for Footscray in the VFA — on 15 May,[13] 22 May,[14] and 29 May[15] — before resigning as a player and moving on to coach "Footscray Diggers", in the Victorian Junior Association;[16] and, at least, by 31 July 1920, he was serving as captain-coach of Camperdown in the Corangamite Football Association.[17] [18]

Williamstown

Caldwell returned to captain-coach Williamstown In 1921 and 1922, and led them to a premiership in the former season.[19] This meant Caldwell had played in both of Williamstown's first two premiership teams. In total, Caldwell played 81 games for 'Town, is a member of the WFC Hall of Fame and was selected on a wing in the WFC Team-of-the-Century.

Perth

Cleared from Williamstown on 25 April 1923,[20] he captain-coached the Perth team in 1923 and 1924 "without much success";[21] and, in the second half of the 1923 season, "was disqualified for the [remainder of] the season for abusing a field-umpire".[22]

Carlton

On the resignation of Carlton's captain-coach Paddy O'Brien — who (later) went to play with Footscray in its first VFL season — Ray Brew acted as coach for four matches. Caldwell (then in Perth) was appointed coached of Carlton for the remainder of the 1925 VFL season.[23]

Rutherglen

Although offered another year at Carlton in 1926, Caldwell took up a more lucrative offer,[24] and was appointed captain-coach of the Rutherglen Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League.[25] Caldwell resigned as coach of Rutherglen in July, 1926.[26] Due to financial considerations, the Rutherglen club not only decided not to appoint a playing coach for the 1927 season, but also decided not to appoint a paid coach at all.[27]

South Melbourne

Caldwell was appointed South Melbourne coach for the 1929 VFL season;[28] yet, despite the team's (unexpected) victory against Richmond on 1 June 1929, much dissatisfaction was expressed about Caldwell's coaching,[29] and Caldwell was invited to resign, which he did, on the following Tuesday (4 June 1929).[30]

Death

Admitted to the Melbourne Hospital with "internal trouble", Jim Caldwell died of peritonitis some three weeks later, on 20 August 1929.[31] [32] [33]

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198101592 Deaths: Caldwell, The Leader, (Saturday, 28 December 1907), p. 51.
  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/69672524 Wedding Bells: Caldwell—Hayes, The Williamstown Chronicle, (Saturday, 17 August 1912), p. 3.
  3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164459938 Personal Pars, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 9 December 1933), p. 6
  4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/7249999 Births: Caldwell, The Argus, (Saturday, 25 October 1913), p. 11.
  5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1669302 Births: Caldwell, The Argus, (Saturday, 8 December 1917), p. 11.
  6. http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/May,_John.php John May, The VFA Project
  7. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87749349 Marriage: May—Hayes, The Williamstown Advertiser, (Saturday, 10 February 1917), p. 2
  8. http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Caldwell,_Robert_John.php Robert John Caldwell, The VFA Project
  9. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=3188571&D=D World War One Service Record: Private Thomas Campbell Caldwell (1684), National Archives of Australia.
  10. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=3188496&D=D World War One Service Record: Private Joseph Albury Caldwell (1786), National Archives of Australia.
  11. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198476529 Furious Football: Last Saturday's Match: South Melbourne Player Disqualified, The Age, (Thursday, 30 September 1909), p. 8
  12. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1701170/409820 Sporting: Football: Permits Granted, The Argus, (Thursday, 13 May 1920), p. 5.
  13. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245594954 Pt. Melb. v. Footscray, The Herald, (Saturday, 15 May 1920), p. 2
  14. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245605380/26875721 Footsc'y v. Nth. Melb., The Herald, (Saturday, 22 May 1920), p. 2.
  15. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245603071/26875842 Hawthorn v. Footsc'y, The Herald, (Saturday, 29 May 1920), p. 1.
  16. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/242308382 Association, The Herald, (Friday, 2 July 1920) p. 3.
  17. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/34475852 Football Notes, The Camperdown Chronicle, (Tuesday, 3 August 1920), p. 2
  18. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/34476126 Football: Terang Wins Premiership, The Camperdown Chronicle, (Tuesday, 31 August 1920), p. 4
  19. Book: Fiddian, Marc. The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. 2013. Melbourne Sports Books. 47.
  20. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1893041 Football: Association Clearances, The Argus, (Thursday, 26 April 1923), p. 4.
  21. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/211004903 Fellows We Know, The (Perth) Call, (Friday, 12 April 1929), p. 7.
  22. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66711772 Metropolitan Football, The Geraldton Guardian, (Tuesday, 28 August 1923), p. 3.
  23. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184821528 Carlton's Coach, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 30 May 1925), p. 2
  24. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3779106 Caldwell to coach Rutherglen, The Argus, (Saturday, 1 May 1926), p. 26.
  25. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/102292652 Rutherglen Club, The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express, (Friday, 30 April 1926), p. 18
  26. Web site: 1926 – Caldwell resigns as coach of Rutherglen. . Albury Banner and Wodonga Express . 30 July 1926 . The Albury Banner . 21 May 2020 . 30th July, 1926, page 6..
  27. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/236073021 Football, The Corowa Free Press, (Tuesday, 22 February 1927), p. 3
  28. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164962837 Appointment of Coach: J. Caldwell Chosen: Given Wide Powers, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday. 19 January 1929), p. 1
  29. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/183986412 Caldwell's Position, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 5 June 1929), p. 8.
  30. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244101653 South's Coaching: Caldwell Puts His Case, The Herald, (Friday, 7 June 1929), p. 15.
  31. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4031301 Deaths: Caldwell, (Wednesday, 21 August 1929), p. 1
  32. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244003401 Jim Caldwell Dead: Former South Melbourne Footballer, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Tuesday, 20 August 1929), p. 1.
  33. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164959411 South Melbourne Appeal for Mrs. Caldwell, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 5 October 1929), p. 3.

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