Clinton Wolf

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Clinton Wolf
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-12-18) 18 December 1968 (age 52)
Original team(s) Claremont (WAFL)
Draft Zone Selection, 1994 AFL Draft
Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 99 kg (218 lb)
Position(s) Ruckman
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1991, 1993–1995 Claremont 52 (11)
1995 Fremantle 04 0(0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1995.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Clinton Wolf (born 18 December 1968) is an Australian Aboriginal leader and former Australian rules footballer.

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Football career

Wolf began his career with East Fremantle in 1988 before moving to the Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League in 1991, [1] playing in their premiership side. He missed the 1992 season due to work in Kalgoorlie, [2] but despite a major knee reconstruction early in the season recovered to play in the 1993 Tiger premiership team. [3] Continued solid form in 1994 saw Wolf make the inaugural squad of the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League. Wolf only played four matches for Fremantle in the 1995 AFL season before retiring due to recurring knee injuries.

Working life

As a lawyer, Wolf was the executive director of the Yamatji Land and Sea Council native title representative body from 1998 to 2001. [4] He is currently Chief Executive Officer of the Western Desert Land Aboriginal Corporation. [5]

He is, as of 2011, chairperson of the Western Australian Aboriginal Lands Trust. [6]

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References

  1. WAFL Premiership Players 1931-2009
  2. Stocks, Gary; "Wolf Too Tough for Bulldogs"; The West Australian , 5 July 1993, p. 66
  3. Aboriginal Football: The Indigenous Game – West Australian Football League
  4. Ritter, David (2004); 'Don’t Call Me Baby' Ten Years of the Yamatji Marlpa Land and Sea Council Native Title Representative Bodyl; Indigenous Law Bulletin
  5. Bain, Di; Uranium mining tensions resurface; 29 July 2007
  6. "Aboriginal Lands Trust - Members". State of Western Australia - Department of Indigenous Affairs. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.