John J. Caulfield was an Australian rules football

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Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Richmond

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL) and Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association

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A centre half back, Caulfield played nine senior VFL games late in the 1963 season

1963 VFL season

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. He joined Port Melbourne

Port Melbourne Football Club

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 in 1965 and would be the VFA club's captain until 1971. He made 118 appearances in total and won Port Melbourne's 'Best and Fairest' in his first season. At the 1966 Hobart Carnival

1966 Hobart Carnival

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, Caulfield represented the VFA.