Michael Clark (sportsman)
Australian rules footballer, born 1978
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Michael Wayne Clark (born 31 March 1978) is an Australian former cricketer and Australian rules footballer.
Perth, Western Australia
Fremantle: Zone selection, 1995
| Michael Clark | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Michael Wayne Clark | ||
| Born |
31 March 1978 Perth, Western Australia | ||
| Original team | Swan Districts (WAFL) | ||
| Draft |
Fremantle: Zone selection, 1995 | ||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1996–1999 | Fremantle | 1 (0) | |
| 2000 | Collingwood | 0 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2000. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
| Cricket information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001/02–2005/06 | Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 16 January 2002 Western Australia v Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last LA | 4 November 2005 West Australia v New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 18 January 2002 Western Australia v Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 17 October 2004 Western Australia v Tasmania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 5 October 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Football career
Clark had shoulder problems when he played with Swan Districts in 1996, and in 1997 required a knee reconstruction.
The son of former Australian Test cricketer Wayne Clark, he pursued a career in the Australian Football League with the Fremantle Dockers. Drafted in the 1997 AFL draft, he played only 1 game with the Dockers in 1999. He was delisted at the end of that year to be re-drafted by the Collingwood Football Club in the 1999 AFL draft, but did not manage a senior game with the club, being delisted during the 2000 season after fracturing his fibula.[1]
Cricket career
He made his debut with Western Australia in the 2000–2001 season, and after chronic back-injury problems, announced his retirement from cricket in February 2006.[2]
