- Jack E. Clarke
Infobox afl player | firstname = Jack E.
lastname = Clarke
birthdate = birth date|1933|7|14|df=y
birthplace =
originalteam =
dead = dead
deathdate = death date and age|2001|12|3|1933|7|14|df=y
deathplace =Melbourne, Victoria
debutdate = Round 11, 14 July 1951
debutteam = Essendon
debutopponent = Footscray
debutstadium =Western Oval
playingteams = Essendon (1951-1967)263 games, 180 goals
coach = coach
coachingteams = Essendon (1968-1970)65 games - 33 wins, 30 losses, 2 draws
statsend = 2005
careerhighlights =
*All-Australian 1953, 1956, 1958
*Essendon captain 1958-1964
*Essendon Best and Fairest 1958, 1962
*Essendonpremiership side 1962, 1965Jack E. Clarke (14 July 1933 – 3 December 2001) was an
Australian rules football er and coach in the VFL.Clarke was a talented centreman who debuted on his eighteenth birthday in 1951 and played 263 games for the
Essendon Football Club from 1951 to 1967, booting 180 goals.Clarke was also noted as an architect that studied during the early stages of his VFL career. He was inducted into the
Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996, and was the brother of former OlympianRon Clarke .He took over from John Coleman as Essendon coach in 1968, taking the team to the
Grand Final , which they narrowly lost. He was replaced as coach at the end of the 1970 season when Essendon finished 11th (of 12).ee also
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1957 VFL season
*1959 VFL season
*1962 VFL season
*1965 VFL season
*1968 VFL season External links
* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/ci-cl.htm#Jack%20Clarke%20(Essendon) Bio at FullPointsFooty]
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