1. Callum Sebastian Nelmes Wilkie was born on 10 March 1996 and is an Australian rules footballer playing for St Kilda in the Australian Football League.
16 Facts About Callum Wilkie
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Callum Wilkie played junior football for Walkerville before joining North Adelaide when he was 13.
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Callum Wilkie represented South Australia at the 2014 AFL Under 18 Championships and attended the state draft combine, but missed out on selection in the draft.
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Callum Wilkie won the club's best and fairest, and attended his second state draft combine.
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Callum Wilkie was selected by St Kilda with pick 3 in the 2018 rookie draft.
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Roberton's heart issue reoccurred in the 2019 JLT Community Series, ruling him out for another year, and allowing Callum Wilkie to take on Roberton's defensive role.
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Callum Wilkie's showed great promise and immediate AFL competency playing on some of the game's stars in the early part of 2019, including Jake Stringer, Jesse Hogan, Cam McCarthy, Jarryd Roughead and Jack Gunston.
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Callum Wilkie capped off an impressive debut season, finishing seventh in the Trevor Barker Award with 115 votes.
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Callum Wilkie played all 19 possible games in 2020, including two finals and made another top 10 for the Trevor Barker Award, finishing seventh for a second consecutive year with 113 votes.
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Callum Wilkie averaged 13 disposals, eight effective kicks, four rebound-50s, three spoils a game in 2020.
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Callum Wilkie finished the season first for St Kilda's rebound-50s and effective kicks, second for one-percenters and spoils, third for intercept marks.
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Callum Wilkie extended his contract by a further two years at the beginning of the 2021 season.
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Callum Wilkie was voted into the Saints' leadership group for the 2021 season, for the first time.
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Callum Wilkie continued to earn his reputation as one of the game's best defenders; in his first 18 games of 2021, Callum Wilkie had not been outmarked in 43 one-on-one contests.
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Callum Wilkie had 16 disposals of his own, setting up a number of attacking plays.
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Callum Wilkie finished fourth in the Trevor Barker Award, his third consecutive top-10 finish.