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).[2]

Firth McCallum
McCallum in 1899
Personal information
Full name	Firth William McCallum
Date of birth	(1872-12-27)27 December 1872
Place of birth	Birregurra, Victoria
Date of death	11 July 1910(1910-07-11) (aged 37)
Place of death	Birregurra, Victoria[1]
Original team(s)	Birregurra
Position(s)	Centre / Half-forward
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1893-1896	Geelong (VFA)	57 (0)
1897–1903, 1905	Geelong (VFL)	74 (25)
Total		131 (25)
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).