Clem Michael
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| Clem Michael | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Clem Anthony Michael | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1976 | ||
| Original team(s) | South Fremantle (WAFL) | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 29 March 1998, Fremantle vs. Melbourne, at MCG | ||
| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1998–2000 | Fremantle | 43 (11) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2000. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Clem Anthony Michael (born 16 July 1976) is a former Australian Rules football player in the Australian Football League for the Fremantle Football Club from 1998 to 2000. The son of WAFL legend Stephen Michael, Clem was drafted by Fremantle in the 1997 National Draft with selection 21 after playing a key role in South Fremantle's 1997 WAFL Premiership side.
After 43 games over 3 seasons, Michael's career was cut short by a serious knee injury, which caused him to retire at the end of the 2001 season. He had an experimental surgery on the knee, in which new cartilage was grown in Scandinavia from a culture of his own cartilage.[1] He remained on Fremantle's list for the 2002 season, and returned to train with South Fremantle but never played football again.
