Bert Clarke (footballer, born 1906)

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Bert Clarke
Personal information
Full name Albert Henry Clarke
Date of birth (1906-05-09)9 May 1906
Place of birth Stratford, Victoria
Date of death 17 December 1974(1974-12-17) (aged 68)
Place of death Glenbrook, New South Wales
Original team(s) Albury, Corowa
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1933 North Melbourne 4 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1933.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Albert Henry Clarke (9 May 1906 – 17 December 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Clarke was recruited from Albury in the Ovens and Murray Football League.[2]

Clarke played for Greta, then was captain coach of Milawa's 1940 premiership.

Clarke was later the President of the Ovens & King Football League from 1955 to 1957 and was made a life member in 1958.[3]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Bert Clarke - Albury FC". NSW Football History. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  3. ^ "1958 - Retiring O&K chief was fine player". Wangaratta Chronicle. 28 February 1958. Retrieved 31 May 2023.

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