Firth McCallum
Firth William McCallum (27 December 1872 – 11 July 1910) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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McCallum in 1899 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Firth William McCallum | ||
| Date of birth | 27 December 1872 | ||
| Place of birth | Birregurra, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 11 July 1910 (aged 37) | ||
| Place of death | Birregurra, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Birregurra | ||
| Position(s) | Centre / Half-forward | ||
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| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1893-1896 | Geelong (VFA) | 57 (0) | |
| 1897–1903, 1905 | Geelong (VFL) | 74 (25) | |
| Total | 131 (25) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1905. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
At the end of the 1899 season, in the process of naming his own "champion player", the football correspondent for The Argus ("Old Boy"), selected a team of the best players of the 1899 VFL competition:
Backs: Maurie Collins (Essendon), Bill Proudfoot (Collingwood), Peter Burns (Geelong); Halfbacks: Pat Hickey (Fitzroy), George Davidson (South Melbourne), Alf Wood (Melbourne); Centres: Fred Leach (Collingwood), Firth McCallum (Geelong), Harry Wright (Essendon); Wings: Charlie Pannam (Collingwood), Eddie Drohan (Fitzroy), Herb Howson (South Melbourne); Forwards: Bill Jackson (Essendon), Eddy James (Geelong), Charlie Colgan (South Melbourne); Ruck: Mick Pleass (South Melbourne), Frank Hailwood (Collingwood), Joe McShane (Geelong); Rovers: Dick Condon (Collingwood), Bill McSpeerin (Fitzroy), Teddy Rankin (Geelong).
From those he considered to be the three best players — that is, Condon, Hickey, and Pleass — he selected Pat Hickey as his "champion player" of the season. ('Old Boy', "Football: A Review of the Season", (Monday, 18 September 1899), p.6).