Clyde Helmer

Clyde Helmer

Personal information
Birth	22 April 1916
Recruited from	Mooroopna
Height and weight	184 cm / 80 kg
Death	24 April 1945, New Guinea
Playing career¹
Team(s)	Geelong (1937–41) 71 games, 137 goals Melbourne (1942) 2 games, 3 goals Total – 73 Games, 140 Goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1942 season

Clyde Helmer (22 April 1916 – 24 April 1945) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong and Melbourne in the VFL.

A forward, Helmer could torpedo punt on either foot and in 1938, just his second league season, topped Geelong's goalkicking with 74 goals. In a game that year against Fitzroy he kicked a career best eight goals. He crossed to Melbourne in 1942 but could only manage two games.

During World War II Helmer was a Temporary Warrant Officer in the Australian Army and lost his life in New Guinea after a bomb he was trying to defuse exploded.

References

• Clyde Helmer's statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Persondata
Name	Helmer, Clyde
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	22 April 1916
Place of birth
Date of death	24 April 1945
Place of death	New Guinea