Ansell Clarke

Ansell Clarke
Clarke in 1933
Personal information
Date of birth	12 August 1907
Place of birth	Outtrim, Victoria
Date of death	15 October 2002(2002-10-15) (aged 95)
Place of death	Melbourne, Victoria
Debut	Round 7, 1929, Carlton vs. North Melbourne, at Princes Park
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1929–1937	Carlton	144 (242)
1938–1940	St Kilda	026 0(47)
Total		170 (289)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1938–1940	St Kilda	55 (28–27–0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940.
Career highlights
St Kilda FC Lightning Premiership 1940
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edward Augustus "Ansell" Clarke (12 August 1907 – 15 October 2002[1]) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.

Football

Clarke made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7 of the 1929 season. He was appointed captain in 1937.[2]

He was the senior coach at the St Kilda Football Club from 1938 to 1940 with 28 wins from 55 matches. He was captain-coach for 1938 and 1939, until he retired as a player in May 1940.[3]

He later returned as a player for one final match in July 1940.[4]

Notes

1. "Vale: Arthur 'Titch' Edwards". Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
2. "Trouble in Two Senior League Football Clubs". The Argus. No. 28, 290. Melbourne. 23 April 1937. p. 15. Retrieved 19 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "Ansel Clarke Retires". The Argus. No. 29, 232. Melbourne. 1 May 1940. p. 18. Retrieved 19 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "Football Eight New Men Chosen". The Argus. No. 29, 288. Melbourne. 5 July 1940. p. 14. Retrieved 19 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

• Ansell Clarke's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Ansell Clarke at AustralianFootball.com
• Ansell Clarke at Blueseum