Neil Clarke (Australian footballer)

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Australian rules footballer

Neil Clarke
Personal information
Date of birth	28 August 1957
Date of death	29 March 2003(2003-03-29) (aged 45)
Original team(s)	Ringwood
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1977–1987	Essendon	135 (35)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1987.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Neil 'Nobby' Clarke (28 August 1957 – 29 March 2003) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

A defender, Clarke was also given many tagging roles during his career. He won Essendon's 'Best Clubman' in their premiership year of 1984 and played 135 VFL games. Clarke was found dead in his garage in 2003 at the age of 45; he had been known to have been suffering from depression.

References

^ Caroline Wilson (5 April 2003). "A loss far bigger than the game". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 24 January 2011.

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Neil Clarke's playing statistics from AFL Tables

v t e Essendon Football Club 1984/85 VFL premiers
1984: Essendon 14.21 (105) defeated Hawthorn 12.9 (81), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1985: Essendon 26.14 (170) defeated Hawthorn 13.8 (92), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
4. Baker 5. Daniher (c) 8. Clarke 10. Foulds 13. Williams 15. Ezard 18. Vander Haar 22. Duckworth 25. Merrett 26. Thompson 27. Madden 28. Weston 30. Walsh 32. Watson 33. Hawker 38. Harvey
Coach: Sheedy

v t e Victorian team – 1983 State of Origin
South Australia 26.16 (172) defeated Victoria 17.14 (116), at Football Park, 16 May 1983, crowd: 44,521 Western Australia 16.22 (118) d Victoria 16.19 (115), at Subiaco Oval, 12 July 1983, crowd: 44,213
Both games	Cunningham Daniher Flower Icke Madden McCann
vs. South Australia	Ashman Clarke Cordy Edmond Elphinstone Hawker Lawrie Marcou McConville Mossop Rowlings Serafini Sheldon G.Smith Wilson Yeates
vs. Western Australia	Browning Buckley Conlan Dench English Greene Greig Johnston Knights Lee Raines Royal Tuck Wallace Watson Weightman

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