Ansell Clarke
Australian rules footballer, born 1907
Australian rules footballer
Ansell Clarke | |||
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Clarke in 1933 | |||
Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 12 August 1907 | ||
Place of birth | Outtrim, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 15 October 2002(2002-10-15) (aged 95) | ||
Place of death | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
Debut | Round 7, 1929, Carlton vs. North Melbourne, at Princes Park | ||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1929–1937 | Carlton | 144 (242) | |
1938–1940 | St Kilda | 026 0(47) | |
Total | 170 (289) | ||
Coaching career | |||
Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
1938–1940 | St Kilda | 55 (28–27–0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Edward Augustus "Ansell" Clarke (12 August 1907 – 15 October 2002[1]) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.
Football
Clarke made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7 of the 1929 season. He was appointed captain in 1937.[2]
He was the senior coach at the St Kilda Football Club from 1938 to 1940 with 28 wins from 55 matches. He was captain-coach for 1938 and 1939, until he retired as a player in May 1940.[3]
He later returned as a player for one final match in July 1940.[4]
Notes
- ^ "Vale: Arthur 'Titch' Edwards". Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ "Trouble in Two Senior League Football Clubs". The Argus. No. 28, 290. Melbourne. 23 April 1937. p. 15. Retrieved 19 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Ansel Clarke Retires". The Argus. No. 29, 232. Melbourne. 1 May 1940. p. 18. Retrieved 19 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Football Eight New Men Chosen". The Argus. No. 29, 288. Melbourne. 5 July 1940. p. 14. Retrieved 19 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ansell Clarke.
- Ansell Clarke's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Ansell Clarke at AustralianFootball.com
- Ansell Clarke at Blueseum
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Captains of the Carlton Football Club
- 1897–1898: Aitken
- 1898–1899: Walton
- 1900–1901: Stuckey
- 1902–1904: McShane
- 1905–1907: Flynn
- 1908–1911: Elliott
- 1912–1913: Wells
- 1914–1917: Dick
- 1918: McGregor
- 1919: Fisher
- 1920: O'Brien
- 1921: Green
- 1922–1923: Clover
- 1924: O'Brien
- 1925: Beasy
- 1925–26: Brew
- 1927: Clover
- 1928–1931: Brew
- 1932: Martyn
- 1933: Gill
- 1934: Johnson
- 1935: Davey
- 1936: Francis
- 1937: Clarke
- 1938–1940: Diggins
- 1941–1944: Francis
- 1944: Atkinson
- 1945–1946: Chitty
- 1947–1952: Henfry
- 1952: Hands
- 1958–1960: Comben
- 1961–1962: Donaldson
- 1963: Nicholls
- 1964: Silvagni
- 1965–1968: Barassi
- 1968–1974: Nicholls
- 1974–1976: Jesaulenko
- 1977–1978: Walls
- 1978–1979: Jesaulenko
- 1980–1983: Fitzpatrick
- 1984–1985: Johnston
- 1986: Maclure
- 1987–1997: Kernahan
- 1998–2001: Bradley
- 2002–2003: Ratten
- 2003: McKay
- 2004–2006: Koutoufides
- 2007: Whitnall
- 2008–2012: Judd
- 2013–2018: Murphy
- 2019–2021: Cripps/Docherty
- 2022–: Cripps
- 2017: Arnell
- 2018–2019: Davey
- 2020–2021: Harrington/Loynes
- 2022 (S6)–: Harrington
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