Ansell Clarke Explained

Ansell Clarke
Birth Date:12 August 1907
Birth Place:Outtrim, Victoria
Death Place:Melbourne, Victoria
Debutdate:Round 7, 1929
Debutteam:Carlton
Debutopponent:North Melbourne
Debutstadium:Princes Park
Height:173 cm
Weight:76 kg
Statsend:1940
Years1:1929–1937
Club1:Carlton
Games Goals1:144 (242)
Years2:1938–1940
Club2:St Kilda
Games Goals2:26 (47)
Games Goalstotal:170 (289)
Coachyears1:1938–1940
Coachclub1:St Kilda
Coachgames Wins1:55 (28–27–0)
Careerhighlights:
  • St Kilda FC Lightning Premiership 1940

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vale: Arthur 'Titch' Edwards . 25 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130517221818/http://footystats.freeservers.com/Archive/D-03-Oct-03.html . 17 May 2013 . dead .
  2. News: Trouble in Two Senior League Football Clubs . . 28,290 . Melbourne. 23 April 1937 . 19 October 2016 . 15 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: Ansel Clarke Retires . . 29,232 . Melbourne. 1 May 1940 . 19 October 2016 . 18 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: Football Eight New Men Chosen . . 29,288 . Melbourne. 5 July 1940 . 19 October 2016 . 14 . National Library of Australia.