Paul Callery (born 18 April 1950) is a former
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played for
Melbourne,
St Kilda and
South Melbourne in the
Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s.
Callery was a rover and started his career in 1970 with Melbourne, topping their goalkicking in 1971 with 38 goals. He had worked his way into the senior side after impressing in the under-19s where he was a
Morrish Medal
The Morrish Medal is an Australian rules football award.
Formerly awarded to the best and fairest player in the VFL Under-19 competition (known as the Thirds prior to 1959), since 1992 the award has been given to the best player in the Victori ...
list. One of the smallest players in the league, Callery crossed to St Kilda in 1974 and went on to play 105 games with the club before finishing his career with a stint at South Melbourne in 1980 which lasted just one game.
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1950 births
Living people
Melbourne Football Club players
St Kilda Football Club players
Sydney Swans players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
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