- David A. Clarke (footballer)
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David A. Clarke Personal information Full name David A. Clarke Date of birth 15 May 1980 Original team Geelong Falcons Draft 21st, 1998 AFL Draft Height/Weight 183 cm / 84 kg Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1999–2003
2004–2005
Total -Geelong
Carlton89 (48)
12 (2)
101 (50)1 Playing statistics to end of 2005 season .David A. Clarke (born 15 May 1980) is an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Carlton in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Originally from Torquay, Clarke was a father/son selection by Geelong, who used a second round pick on him. His father David E. Clarke played over 200 games for Geelong and his brother Tim played briefly with Hawthorn.[1]
Clarke, a pacy wingman, graduated from the Geelong Falcons to make his AFL debut in 1999. He was a prolific ball winner but was often let down by kicking and put together 68 consecutive games from 2000 to 2003. Clarke had the second largest number of disposals for Geelong in 2001 and 2002, averaging 17 a game in both seasons.[2]
He struggled with both his form and injuries in 2003 and was involved in a three way trade in that year's draft, where Hawthorn received Simon Beaumont and Geelong got David Loats. Clarke ended up at Carlton and played ten games in the 2004 AFL season. With his first appearance in 2005 he brought up his 100th AFL game, against Adelaide at Football Park, but played just once more for Carlton. He was delisted at the end of 2005.
From 2006 until 2007, Clarke played with South Adelaide in the SANFL. In 2008, he switched to North Adelaide, and played there until 2009.[3] In 2010, Clarke returned to the city of Geelong, and now plays for St Mary's in the Geelong Football League.[4]
References
- ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- ^ "David Clarke". AFL Tables. http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/D/David_Clarke.html.
- ^ SANFL Off-season Update, 1 November 2007, Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ Green, B., Geelong Advertiser, "Former Cat David Clarke signs with St Mary's", 24 October 2009, Retrieved 18 April 2011.
1998 AFL Draft First round 1. Des Headland • 2. Justin Longmuir • 3. Nic Fosdike • 4. Ryan Fitzgerald • 5. Michael Stevens • 6. Murray Vance • 7. Josh Carr • 8. Jude Bolton • 9. Mark McVeigh • 10. Brandon Hill • 11. Lenny Hayes • 12. Adam Ramanauskas • 13. Chris Lamb • 14. Luke Penny • 15. Brady Rawlings • 16. Brett BurtonSecond round 17. Peter Street • 18. Daniel Schell • 19. Nick Davis • 20. Michael Collica • 21. David Clarke • 22. James Begley • 23. Chris Ladhams • 24. David Wojcinski • 25. Aaron Henneman • 26. Michael O'Brien • 27. Steven Baker • 28. Heath James • 29. Tyson Stenglein • 30. Nicky Winmar • 31. Gary Dhurrkay • 32. David GallagherThird round 33. Craig Bolton • 34. Bryan Beinke • 35. Brad Oborne • 36. Danny Jacobs • 37. Adam Morgan • 38. Brendan Fevola • 39. Toby Thurstans • 40. James White • 41. Craig Jacotine • 43. Damien Ryan • 44. Heath Scotland • 45. Aaron Shattock • 46. Jay Solomon • 47. Nicolas Lowther • 48. Lucas HerbertFourth round 49. Garth Taylor • 50. Damien Adkins • 51. David Loats • 52. Ryan O'Connor • 53. Troy Schwarze • 54. Derek Murray • 55. Marc Dragicevic • 56. Ilija Grgic • 57. Andrew Embley • 58. Ian Prendergast • 59. Dwayne Simpson • 60. Luke Speers • 61. Ricky Symes • 62. Tim van der Klooster • 63. Clint KireyFifth round 64. Andrew Shipp • 65. Lee Walker • 66. Steven Rode • 67. Brett Backwell • 68. Matthew Greig • 69. Scott Bennett • 70. Kurt Heazlewood • 71. Simon Feast • 72. Luke Taylor • 73. Christin Macri • 74. Adam Lange • 75. Ken McGregorSixth round 76. Rupert Betheras • 77. Adrian Cox • 79. Ray Hall • 80. Brodie Atkinson • 81. Jacob Anstey • 85. Shannon MotlopSeventh round Categories:- 1980 births
- Geelong Football Club players
- Carlton Football Club players
- North Adelaide Football Club players
- South Adelaide Football Club players
- Geelong Falcons players
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- Living people
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