David Cloke

Last updated

David Cloke
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-01-28) 28 January 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Victoria [1]
Original team(s) Oakleigh Juniors [2]
Debut 1974, Richmond  vs. Fitzroy, at Junction Oval
Height 196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 106 kg (234 lb)
Position(s) Ruckman/Tall forward
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1974–1982 Richmond 176 (261)
1983–1989 Collingwood 114 (51)
1990–1991 Richmond 43 (11)
Total333 (323)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1991.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

David Cloke (born 28 January 1955) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Contents

A tough and skilled footballer with an imposing physique and trademark moustache, Cloke spent most of his career either in the ruck or as a key forward. His three sons also played football at AFL level.

VFL/AFL Career

Cloke began his senior football career with VFA club Oakleigh where he played alongside his brother Peter, and in 1974 he went to Richmond. Cloke was a premiership player in his debut season with the Tigers and went on to play 219 VFL games from 1974 to 1982 (including another winning Grand Final in 1980) and in 1990–1991. In between, he played with Collingwood, where he added another 114 league games. [2]

Cloke kicked a total of 323 goals during his eighteen-season AFL career, before retiring in 1991. Cloke came second in the Brownlow Medal in 1984, 3 votes behind winner Peter Moore. He achieved All Australian selection after representing Victoria at the Perth State of Origin Carnival of 1979. [2]

Post-AFL Career

In 1992, post his VFL/AFL career, he joined Ainslie Football Club in the ACT as captain-coach, and guided them to a flag, a success repeated the following year when he won the Alex Jesaulenko Trophy for best afield in the grand final. Cloke's only club best and fairest award came in 1992 with Ainslie. He did, however, achieve All Australian selection after representing Victoria at the 1979 Perth State of Origin Carnival. [2] He joined Victorian Football Association club Port Melbourne as non-playing coach in 1994, although did come out of retirement to play a handful of games during the season due to his team's long injury list. [4]

David was inducted into Richmond's Hall of Fame in 2007. [3]

Family

David's three sons, Jason, Cameron and Travis were all originally recruited in the AFL for Collingwood. However, Jason has since been cut by the club before returning to play for Collingwood's VFL side, Williamstown and Cameron was recruited by Carlton in 2006 and then joined Port Adelaide for one season in 2010.

Cloke is married to Julie and they have five adult children, Jason, Cameron, Travis, Jodie and Teigan. [5]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richmond Football Club</span> Australian rules football club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is a professional Australian rules football team competing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Founded in 1885 in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond, the club competed in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) from 1885 to 1907, winning two premierships. Richmond then joined the Victorian Football League from the 1908 season and has since won 13 premierships, most recently in 2020.

Peter McKenna is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Collingwood and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s and 1970s. He also represented Devonport in the North West Football Union (NWFU), and Northcote, Port Melbourne and Geelong West in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Travis Cloke</span> Australian rules footballer, born 1987

Travis Cloke is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL).

This article covers the 2006 season of the Collingwood Football Club AFL team.

Jason Cloke is an Australian rules footballer, who played in the Australian Football League with the Collingwood Football Club.

Bruce Abernethy is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club Collingwood Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL), and the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and is a media personality.

Cameron Cloke is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club, Carlton Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the son of former Richmond and Collingwood player, David Cloke and the brother of Jason and Travis Cloke.

Andrew James Krakouer is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club and Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom Lonergan (footballer)</span> Australian rules footballer

Tom Lonergan is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Des Rowe</span> Australian rules footballer and coach

Kenneth Desmond Rowe was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1946 and 1957 for the Richmond Football Club. He was later senior coach of Richmond from 1961 to 1963.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1933 VFL season</span> 37th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)

The 1933 VFL season was the 37th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 29 April until 30 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ainslie Football Club</span> Australian rules football club

Ainslie Football Club is a semi-professional Australian rules football club based in Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory.

The 1980 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1980. It was the 84th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1980 VFL season. The match, attended by 113,461 spectators, was won by Richmond by a margin of 81 points, marking that club's 10th VFL/AFL premiership victory, and they would not win the premiership again until 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 AFL Grand Final</span> Grand final of the 2011 Australian Football League season

The 2011 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and the Geelong Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1 October 2011. It was the 116th annual grand final of the Australian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 2011 AFL season. The match, attended by 99,537 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 38 points, marking the club's ninth VFL/AFL premiership victory. Geelong's Jimmy Bartel was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Todd Elton</span> Australian rules footballer

Todd Elton is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ben Kennedy (Australian rules footballer)</span> Australian rules footballer

Ben Kennedy is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A small forward, 1.75 metres tall and weighing 78 kilograms (172 lb), Kennedy is able to contribute as a crumbing forward and is also capable of moving into the midfield. He played top-level football from a young age by representing South Australia from fifteen years of age, including as a bottom aged player in the 2011 AFL Under 18 Championships, and playing in Glenelg's senior side in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) at seventeen. His junior achievements included two-time selection in the under 18 All-Australian side, a SANFL star search nomination, and selection in the South Australian under 18 team of the decade. He was recruited by the Collingwood Football Club with the nineteenth selection in the 2012 AFL draft and he made his debut in the 2013 season. He played three seasons with Collingwood for a total of twenty-five matches before he was traded to Melbourne during the 2015 trade period. In October 2017, Kennedy was delisted by Melbourne after managing only 15 games in two seasons.

Peter Bruce Cloke is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and North Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Connor Menadue</span> Australian rules footballer

Connor Menadue is a former professional Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for 39 AFL matches over a five-year tenure with the Richmond Football Club. He was drafted by Richmond in the second round of the 2014 national draft and made his debut in round 7 the following season. Menadue played in a premiership with Richmond's reserves side in the VFL side in 2019. After being delisted by Richmond at the end of 2019 and after one year out of the league, he was redrafted by North Melbourne in the 2021 rookie draft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Liam Baker</span> Australian rules footballer (born 1998)

Liam Baker is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played junior representative football with West Perth in the WAFL and represented Western Australia at national championships at under 18 level. After being undrafted in 2016, Baker then played senior WAFL football with Subiaco. Baker was drafted by the Richmond tigers in the 2018 rookie draft and made his AFL debut in round 19, 2018. He was an AFL premiership player with Richmond in 2019 and 2020, and in 2020 was named to the AFL's 22Under22 team, recognising the best young players in the league. In 2022, Baker was presented the AFLPA most Courageous in the AFL award. The captain of the Richmond Football Club, Dylan Grimes, presented the award to Baker, with Patrick Dangerfield announcing the achievement.

References

  1. ↑ David Cloke profile on FootyWire
  2. 1 2 3 4 David Cloke profile on Australian Football
  3. 1 2 Richmond Football Club – Hall of Fame Archived 17 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Ross Booth (15 May 1994). "Cloke lifts Port to upset win". The Sunday Age (Sport Liftout). Melbourne, VIC. p. 18.
  5. ↑ Dewar, Pat Dewar (3 March 2014). "Cloke family home in Ringwood North for sale". Maroondah Leader. Leader Community Leader. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

Bibliography

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.