David Clarke (Australian footballer, born 1952)

David Clarke
David Clarke
Personal information
Date of birth	31 December 1952 (age 68)
Original team(s)	Geelong College
Debut	Round 1, 3 April 1971, Geelong; vs. St Kilda, at Kardinia Park
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder/Half Forward
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1982.
Career highlights
	Geelong Best and Fairest 1971, 1978, 1979; Geelong leading goalkicker 1979; Victorian State representative 14 times; All Australian 1972;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

David E. Clarke (born 31 December 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer with the Geelong Football Club. Better known as a half-forward flanker he also played in the centre and centre half-back. He won the club Best and Fairest three times and was runner-up four times.

Clarke was a director of the failed Geelong based Pyramid Building Society, which collapsed in 1990 with debts of A$2 billion. He was charged with 13 breaches of the Building Societies Act and was given a two-year suspended jail sentence and fined $47,000 after pleading guilty.^[1]

References[]

^ Begg, Peter (25 June 2010). "PYRAMID 20 YEARS ON: Too much water under bridge, says Clarke".

External links[]

David Clarke's playing statistics from AFL Tables
David Clarke at AustralianFootball.com

Notable relatives[]

David Clarke (son) – ex-Geelong and Carlton player.
Tim Clarke (son) – ex-Hawthorn player
Georgina Clarke (daughter) – Middle distance runner, competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as a 16-year-old, semi-finalist in the Women's 1500m.

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[1] Begg, Peter (25 June 2010). "PYRAMID 20 YEARS ON: Too much water under bridge, says Clarke".

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show v t Geelong Football Club • Team of the Century
Full-back	Bernie Smith George Todd Sam Newman
Half-back	Dick Grigg Reg Hickey Joe Slater
Centre	Michael Turner Edward Greeves Leo Turner
Half-forward	Gary Ablett Sr. Fred Flanagan Bob Davis
Full-forward	Henry Young Doug Wade Peter Pianto
Ruck	Polly Farmer Garry Hocking Bill Goggin
Interchange	David Clarke Paul Couch Alec Eason Les Hardiman
Emergencies	Ian Nankervis Jack Collins Tommy Quinn Cliff Rankin

show v t 1972 All-Australian team
South Australia Malcolm Blight (Woodville) Tony Burgan (Sturt)
Tasmania Jim Leitch (Scottsdale)
Victoria David Clarke (Geelong) Gary Dempsey (Footscray) Gary Hardeman (Melbourne) Alex Jesaulenko (Carlton) Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn) Peter McKenna (Collingwood) Travis Payze (St Kilda) Len Thompson (Collingwood) David Thorpe (Footscray) John Williams (Essendon)
Western Australia Bob Beecroft (Swan Districts) Malcolm Brown (East Perth) (Captain) Brian Ciccotosto (South Fremantle) Ken McAullay (East Perth) Ian Miller (Perth) Alan Watling (West Perth) George Young (Subiaco)

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David Clarke
Personal information
Date of birth	(1952-12-31) 31 December 1952 (age 68)
Original team(s)	Geelong College
Debut	Round 1, 3 April 1971, Geelong vs. St Kilda, at Kardinia Park
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder/Half Forward
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1971–1981	Geelong	202 (298)
1982	Carlton	009 0(21)
Total		211 (319)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1982.
Career highlights
Geelong Best and Fairest 1971, 1978, 1979 Geelong leading goalkicker 1979 Victorian State representative 14 times All Australian 1972
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com