| Tony Clarkson | |
| Fullname: | Anthony Russell Clarkson |
| Nickname: | Doc |
| Otheroccupation: | Doctor |
| Birth Date: | 13 August 1939 |
| Birth Place: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Death Place: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Originalteam: | Adelaide University |
| Height: | 194 cm |
| Weight: | 82 kg |
| Position: | Ruck |
| Statsend: | 1968 |
| Years1: | 1959, 1964–1968 |
| Club1: | Sturt (SANFL) |
| Games Goals1: | 110 (106) |
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Dr Tony Clarkson (13 August 1939 - 25 January 2011) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).[1]
Following his football career, Clarkson became a highly regarded name in medicine as a founding director of the Renal Unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and president of the Medical Board of South Australia.[2] In The Queen's Birthday 2004 Honours List, he was awarded Member of the Order of Australia "For service to renal medicine, particularly as a contributor to the advancement of the specialty of nephrology in the Asia-Pacific region through clinical research, teaching and professional organisations, and to the community."[3]