Simon Clark (Australian footballer)

Simon Clark
Personal information
Full name Simon Clark
Date of birth (1967-02-16) 16 February 1967
Original team(s) Notting Hill
Height / weight 195 cm / 85 kg
Position(s) Ruckman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1986–1988 Richmond 27 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1988.

Simon Clark (born 16 February 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Career

Clark was a ruckman, recruited to Richmond from Notting Hill.[1] He made 27 league appearances for Richmond, 12 in 1986, 11 in 1987 and four in 1988.[2]

Following his career at Richmond, Clark played for Springvale in the Victorian Football Association, later the Victorian Football League.[1] He made an immediate impression at Springvale in 1989, with a best and fairest and fourth placing in the J. J. Liston Trophy.[3][4] In the 1992 VFA season he finished equal second behind Joe Rugolo in the Liston Trophy, then in 1993 was equal third.[5][6] He was a member of Springvale's 1995 premiership team, in the final season of VFA football and would be involved in three further premierships.[7] By the time he retired, his 203 games for Springvale was a club record.[8][9]

Honours

The Casey Scorpions, as Springvale are now known, named their best and fairest award the Gardner Clark Medal, after Clark and 1960s player Ian Gardner.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. ↑ "Simon Clark - Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Honour Board". Casey Scorpions Football Club. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Buivids, Amanda (31 August 1989). "Seagull Ghazi cleans up in Liston contest". The Sun News-Pictorial. p. 88.
  5. ↑ Farrant, Darrin (27 August 1992). "Outsider Rugolo wins Liston". The Age. p. 28.
  6. ↑ Brady, Nicole (25 August 1993). "Sinni captures Liston medal". The Age. p. 26.
  7. ↑ Fiddian, Marc (2013). The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. Melbourne Sports Books. p. 299.
  8. ↑ Devaney, John (2008). The Full Points Footy Encyclopedia Of Australian Football Clubs. Full Points Publications. ISBN 978-0-9556897-0-3.
  9. 1 2 "Gardner Clark Medal". Casey Scorpions Football Club. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
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