Bill Clark
St Kilda
AFL career
11 games9 goals
- Debut
- R5 1943 v CAR5 June 1943
- Most recent
- R8 1944 v GEE24 June 1944
Stats
Bio
Recruited from the academically prestigious Melbourne High School, Bill Clark was an imposingly built key position player who joined St Kilda during the lean years of the Second World War. Standing at 188cm and weighing 92kg, he possessed the physical dimensions of a modern power forward—a rarity for the 1940s era—and was utilised primarily as a target in attack or a resting ruckman. Clark showed significant potential in flashes, most notably in his final VFL appearance where he booted a career-high four goals against Geelong at Kardinia Park. Despite this dominant performance to close his account, his time at the elite level was brief, restricted to just 11 games over two seasons before he departed the VFL scene.
Profile
- Born
- 12 Dec 1922
- Died
- 04 June 2015 (aged 92y 174d)
- Deathplace
- Sandringham, VIC
- Height
- 188 cm
- Weight
- 92 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from the academically prestigious Melbourne High School, Bill Clark was an imposingly built key position player who joined St Kilda during the lean years of the Second World War. Standing at 188cm and weighing 92kg, he possessed the physical dimensions of a modern power forward—a rarity for the 1940s era—and was utilised primarily as a target in attack or a resting ruckman. Clark showed significant potential in flashes, most notably in his final VFL appearance where he booted a career-high four goals against Geelong at Kardinia Park. Despite this dominant performance to close his account, his time at the elite level was brief, restricted to just 11 games over two seasons before he departed the VFL scene.