Kevin Clarke (footballer, born 1932)

Kevin Clarke
Kevin Clarke
Personal information
Full name	Kevin Clarke
Date of birth	9 February 1932
Date of death	5 November 1993 (aged 61)
Original team(s)	Ivanhoe Amateurs
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated April 14, 2019

Kevin Clarke (9 February 1932 – 5 November 1993) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Formed in 1892 in the then-working class Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, the club played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before joining seven other teams in 1896 to found the breakaway Victorian Football League. Originally based at Victoria Park, Collingwood now plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with its training and administrative headquarters located at Olympic Park Oval and the Holden Centre.

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

Notes

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

Kevin Clarke's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Profile at Collingwood Forever

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.