Alf Callick (footballer, born 1925)

{{Short description|Australian footballer (1925–2021)}}

{{For|the former South Melbourne and Fitzroy player|Alf Callick (footballer, born 1908)}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Alf Callick

| image =

| fullname = Alfred Joseph Callick{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=484398| title=WW2 Nominal Roll - Callick, Alfred Joseph| publisher=Government of Australia}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|8|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|01|03|1925|8|14|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = South Melbourne Colts

| height = 180 cm

| weight = 76 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1950

| years1 = 1943–1950

| club1 = South Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 57 (9)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Alfred Joseph Callick (14 August 1925 – 3 January 2021) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Callick, a South Melbourne Colts player, was used by South Melbourne as a ruckman and defender.{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}} He made his debut in South Melbourne's win over Footscray at Princes Park in the 1943 VFL season, then didn't reappear until 1946, due to war service.{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/A/Alf_Callick1.html| title=Alf Callick| publisher=AFL Tables}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=484398| title=WW2 Nominal Roll - Callick, Alfred Joseph| publisher=Government of Australia}}

After leaving South Melbourne, Callick played for Traralgon and was club coach for the 1954 Latrobe Valley Football League season.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66120501 |title=Traralgon Appoints Coach. |newspaper=Morwell Advertiser |location=Morwell, Vic. |date=12 November 1953 |access-date=5 April 2014 |page=20}}{{cite book|title=Bulletin, Volume 40, No. 2|publisher=Traralgon & District Historical Society|date=June 2009}}

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