Milton Clark
Appearance
Milton Clark | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Milton Clark | ||
Date of birth | 27 June 1922 | ||
Place of birth | Moonee Ponds, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 15 June 2018[1] | (aged 95)||
Original team(s) | Essendon Imperials | ||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1945 | Essendon | 3 (0) | |
1946 | North Melbourne | 2 (0) | |
Total | 5 (0) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Milton Clark (27 June 1922 – 15 June 2018) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
Clark was on Essendon's list from 1939, but his football career was restricted due to his service in the armed forces during World War II.[3] Clark played in Essendon's reserves premiership in 1941 and played three senior games for the Bombers in 1945. He transferred to North Melbourne for the 1946 where he played two further VFL matches. Clark later played for several season with Essendon RSL after leaving the VFL. He worked as a fibrous plasterer until retiring in 1982.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Milton Clark's obituary
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "World War II Roll:Milton Clark". Commonwealth of Australia.
External links
[edit]- Milton Clark's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Milton Clark at AustralianFootball.com
- Essendon Football Club past player profile
Categories:
- 1922 births
- 2018 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
- Essendon Football Club players
- North Melbourne Football Club players
- Australian Army personnel of World War II
- Australian Army soldiers
- People from Moonee Ponds, Victoria
- Military personnel from Melbourne
- Australian rules biography, 1920s birth stubs