David E. Clarke
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David E. Clarke born 1952, was an Australian rules football
er with the Geelong Football Club
. Better known as a half-forward flanker he also played in the centre and centre half-back. One of the finest marks in the game.
Won the club Best and Fairest
three times and was runner-up four times.
Clarke was also head of the failed Geelong
based Pyramid Building Society
, which collapsed in 1990 with debts of A$2 billion.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er with the Geelong Football Club
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
. Better known as a half-forward flanker he also played in the centre and centre half-back. One of the finest marks in the game.
Won the club Best and Fairest
Carji Greeves Medal
The Carji Greeves Medal is an Australian rules football award given to the player adjudged Best and Fairest for the Geelong Football Club for the season....
three times and was runner-up four times.
Clarke was also head of the failed Geelong
Geelong, Victoria
Geelong is a port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River, in the state of Victoria, Australia, south-west of the state capital; Melbourne. It is the second most populated city in Victoria and the fifth most populated non-capital city in Australia...
based Pyramid Building Society
Pyramid Building Society
The Pyramid Building Society, the Geelong Building Society and the Countrywide Building Society together made up the Farrow Group of building societies, based in Geelong, Australia. They collapsed in 1990 with debts in excess of $2 billion...
, which collapsed in 1990 with debts of A$2 billion.
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Notable relatives
- David A. ClarkeDavid A. Clarke (footballer)David A. Clarke is an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Carlton in the Australian Football League ....
(son) – ex-GeelongGeelong Football ClubThe Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
and CarltonCarlton Football ClubThe Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
player. - Tim ClarkeTim Clarke (Australian rules footballer)Tim Clarke is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was educated at The Geelong College...
(son) – ex-HawthornHawthorn Football ClubThe Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
player - Georgina Clarke (daughter) – olympianOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
, Sydney 2000 Olympics as a 16-year-old. Semi-finalist in the Women's 1500m.