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) |
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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]