Bruce Calverley

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Bruce Calverley
Personal information
Date of birth	21 January 1918
Debut	1936, Fitzroy
Height/Weight	168 cm / 68 kg
Playing career¹
Fitzroy (1936-45) 89 games, 22 goals
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1945 season.

Bruce Calverley (born 21 January 1918, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Prior to establishing himself in the VFL he won the 1938 Gardiner Medal for the best player in the reserves competition. He played 89 games for Fitzroy, the most important being in the 1944 Grand Final win where he played on the wing.

External links

Bruce Calverley's statistics from AFL Tables
2004 obituary of Maurie Hearn, mentioning Clen Denning and Laurie Bickerton as the surviving members of the Maroons' 1944 side

v t e Fitzroy Football Club 1944 VFL Premiers

Fitzroy 9.12 (66) defeated Richmond 7.9 (51), at the Junction Oval

Captain: 6. Hughson 5. Dawson 7. Murray 8. Hillard 14. Hoskins 17. Sier 18. Bickerton 19. Symons 20. Calverley 22. Price 23. Hearn 24. O'Bryan 26. Stackpole 27. Jarvis 30. Ruthven 31. Clay 32. Denning 33. Fields 35. Wright

Coach: Hughson

Persondata
Name	Calverley, Bruce
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	21 January 1918
Place of birth
Date of death	27 February 1986
Place of death

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