Ansell Clarke

Ansell Clarke
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 / weight 173cm, 76 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929–1937
1938–1940
Total -		 Carlton
St Kilda		 144 (242)
026 0(47)
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.

Edward Augustus "Ansell" Clarke (12 August 1907 – 15 October 2002[1]) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.

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]

References

  1. ↑ Vale: Arthur 'Titch' Edwards
  2. ↑ "Trouble in Two Senior League Football Clubs". The Argus (Melbourne) (28,290). Victoria, Australia. 23 April 1937. p. 15. Retrieved 19 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Ansel Clarke Retires". The Argus (Melbourne) (29,232). Victoria, Australia. 1 May 1940. p. 18. Retrieved 19 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Football Eight New Men Chosen". The Argus (Melbourne) (29,288). Victoria, Australia. 5 July 1940. p. 14. Retrieved 19 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

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