Neville Caldwell

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Career Highlights
GFC League Player Number: 569 GFC League Debut: Round 1, 1970 Glenelg 1970 – 1981 265 games 258 goals Premiership player 1973 Represented South Australia once Inducted into the Glenelg Hall of Fame 2010 * Stats current to end of 2009

Biographical

• Born: 8 January 1953 @ Port Lincoln
• Height: 191 cm
• Weight: 83 kg
• Recruited from: Plympton
• GFC League Debut: 1970

Guernsey Number: 22

Nickname: Twiggy

Neville "Twiggy" Caldwell was a highly skilled Bay favourite. A skilful, long-kicking utility,he was ahead of his time, combining height and pace to burn.

Perhaps the most memorable incident in his career came in his last match for Glenelg - the 1981 Grand Final. In the second quarter Caldwell was knocked unconscious behind play by Port Adelaide hard nut, David Granger. The game stopped for over six minutes while medical staff carefully placed Caldwell onto a stretcher. Granger was reported by Glenelg, led by football director Harry Kernahan, and was suspended for six games.

See also

1. Gallery pictures

2. Video featuring Caldwell interview and 1981 grand final incident with David Granger

References

1. Glenelg Football Club

2. The Pride of the Bay

3. Grand Final Budget 1981 (Bio details)

4. The Budget