Clem Fisher Explained

Clem Fisher
Fullname:	Thomas Clement Fisher
Birth Date:	3 February 1908
Birth Place:	South Melbourne, Victoria
Death Place:	Mount Waverley, Victoria
Statsend:	1932
Years1:	1929–1930
Club1:	Port Melbourne (VFA)
Games Goals1:	28 (10)
Years2:	1931–1932
Club2:	(VFL)
Games Goals2:	14 (4)
Years3:	1932
Club3:	(VFL)
Games Goals3:	9 (4)
Games Goalstotal:	51 (18)

Thomas Clement Fisher (3 February 1908 – 13 April 1988) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Thomas Fisher (1885–1964),^[2] and May Fisher (1887–1967), née Mardell,^[3] Thomas Clement Fisher was born at South Melbourne, Victoria on 3 February 1908.

He was the older brother of St Kilda footballer Ron Fisher.^[4]

He married Thelma Tudor Riley (1911–2008), at Albert Park, Victoria, on 29 November 1934.^[5]

Football

In March 1929, "C. Fisher, 6 ft., 12 st, 7 lbs. Follower and half-back South Melbourne church team" was one of those training with South Melbourne in the VFL pre-season.^[6]

Port Melbourne (VFA)

Identified as "T. Fisher" he played 28 games, and scored 10 goals for Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1929 and 1930.^[7]

South Melbourne (VFL)

Identified as "C. Fisher" he made South Melbourne's final training list in 1931,^[8] and played his first senior game against St Kilda, at the Lake Oval, on 23 May 1931.

St Kilda (VFL)

In June 1932, Port Melbourne approached South Melbourne for a clearance "for Fisher, a former Port player, but [were told that] he had signed a clearance form to St. Kilda".^[9] He was granted a clearance from South Melbourne to St Kilda on 22 June 1932.^[10]

Although he appeared on St Kilda's final senior list in 1933,^[11] he played with the Second XVIII for the entire season, including the Grand Final which St Kilda lost to Melbourne by a single point on 28 September 1933,^{[12] [13]} and did not play another VFL senior match.

In 1934, he applied for a clearance to Hawthorn, on the grounds that "it [was] easier for him to train at Hawthorn than [at] St. Kilda".^[14]

Optometrist

A Fellow of the Victorian Optical Association, and practising as an "Ophthalmic Optician" in Middle Park at least as early as 1930,^[15] Fisher was registered (on 13 August 1936) as soon as registration was available under the Victorian Opticians Registration Act 1935.^[16]

Death

He died at his home in Mount Waverley, Victoria on 13 April 1988.^[17]

References

• Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.

External links

• • • Thomas C. Fisher, The VFA Project.

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.278.
2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OnFVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jZYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4667%2C4283945 Deaths: Fisher, The Age, (Wednesday, 25 November 1964), p.29.
3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=csJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a5MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=867%2C3214381 Deaths: Fisher, The Age, (Monday, 17 July 1967), p.13.
4. News: St Kilda Men Transfer. . The Age . Victoria, Australia . 2 April 1934 . 2.
5. Photograph, at Weddings, Table Talk, (Thursday, 27 December 1934), p.43.
6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164959690 Football, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 9 March 1929), p.1.
7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224407040 Weekly Times Football Series — Port Melbourne Association Team, 1929, The Weekly Times Magazine Section, (Saturday, 31 August 1929), p.7.
8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4378008 Football, The Argus, (Wednesday, 29 April 1931), p.10.
9. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4458844 Football: Association: Club Notes, The Argus, Wednesday, 22 June 1932), p.16.
10. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4459086 Football: League Permits, The Argus, (Thursday, 23 June 1932), p.12.
11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204885982 Football: St. Kilda List, The Age, (Wednesday, 26 April 1933), p.5.
12. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205103655 League Second Eighteens, The Age, (Friday, 29 September 1933), p.11.
13. On the day, he played as the resting forward-pocket ruckman, with his brother, Roy, in the first ruck: see Finals in Junior Football, The Herald, (Thursday, 28 September 1933), p.4.
14. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203826642 St. Kilda Men Transfer, The Age, (Monday, 2 April 1934), p.3.
15. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164969590 Advertising, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 22 November 1930), p.3.
16. http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/images/1984/V/general/44.pdf Optometrists Registration Board of Victoria: List of Certified Optometrists as at 22 March 1984, Victorian Government Gazette, No.44, (Friday, 6 April 1984 List of Certified p.1072.
17. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w5tVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=75YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1964%2C2495532 Deaths: Fisher, The Age, (Friday, 15 April 1988), p.21.