Simon Clark | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Simon Clark | ||
Date of birth | 16 February 1967 | ||
Original team(s) | Notting Hill | ||
Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1986–1988 | Richmond | 27 (6) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1988. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Simon Clark (born 16 February 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Clark was a ruckman, recruited to Richmond from Notting Hill.[1] He made 27 league appearances for Richmond, 12 in 1986, 11 in 1987 and four in 1988.[2]
Following his career at Richmond, Clark played for Springvale in the Victorian Football Association, later the Victorian Football League.[1] He made an immediate impression at Springvale in 1989, with a best and fairest and fourth placing in the J. J. Liston Trophy.[3][4] In the 1992 VFA season he finished equal second behind Joe Rugolo in the Liston Trophy, then in 1993 was equal third.[5][6] He was a member of Springvale's 1995 premiership team, in the final season of VFA football and would be involved in three further premierships.[7] By the time he retired, his 203 games for Springvale was a club record.[8][9]
The Casey Scorpions, as Springvale are now known, named their best and fairest award the Gardner Clark Medal, after Clark and 1960s player Ian Gardner.[9]