Mark Clayson Gardner (11 September 1884 – 2 November 1949) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
and
University
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in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL). He was the younger brother of
Corrie Gardner
Henry Corris "Corrie" Gardner (12 March 1879 – 6 August 1960) was an Australian track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, and played Australian rules football for Essendon Football Club and Melbourne Football Club. ...
and
Eric Gardner
Eric Arthur Gardner (27 June 1881 – 24 May 1905) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The younger brother of Corrie Gardner, Eric was a long kicking forward. He played as a wi ...
.
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Demon Wiki profile*
Obituary in British Medical Journal
1884 births
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
University Football Club players
Melbourne Football Club players
1949 deaths
People educated at Melbourne Grammar School
People educated at Trinity College (University of Melbourne)
Recipients of the Military Cross
Australian recipients of the Military Cross
People from Hawthorn, Victoria
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