Charlie Callander

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Charlie Callander was a long time Property Steward and Committee member of the Richmond Football Club.

Richmond Football Club Australian rules football club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Between its inception in Richmond, Melbourne in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), winning two premierships. Richmond joined the Victorian Football League in 1908 and has since won eleven premierships, most recently in 2017.

He served as Richmond's Property Steward/Consultant for sixty-three seasons, from 1924 until 1986. During this time he also acted as the VFL Property Steward from 1946 to 1964 and served on the Richmond Football Club Committee from 1945 to 1974. He was Patron of Richmond from 1975 until 1986.

He was made a life member of the Richmond Football Club in 1941 and was inducted into the Club's Hall of Fame in its inaugural year, 2002.

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