| David Clarke Sr. | |
| Birth Date: | 31 December 1952 |
| Originalteam: | Geelong College |
| Debutdate: | Round 1, 3 April 1971 |
| Debutteam: | Geelong |
| Debutopponent: | St Kilda |
| Debutstadium: | Kardinia Park |
| Height: | 184cm |
| Weight: | 82kg |
| Position: | Midfielder/half forward |
| Statsend: | 1982 |
| Years1: | 1971–1981 |
| Club1: | Geelong |
| Games Goals1: | 202 (298) |
| Years2: | 1982 |
| Club2: | Carlton |
| Games Goals2: | 9 (21) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 211 (319) |
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David E. Clarke (born 31 December 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer with Victorian Football League (VFL) clubs Geelong and Carlton. Better known as a half-forward flanker Clarke also played in the centre and centre half-back.
Clarke won Geelong's 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]
Clarke's sons David and Tim played in the Australian Football League (AFL) and daughter Georgina competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as a 16-year-old, semi-finalist in the Women's 1500m.