Simon Clark (born 16 February 1967) is a former

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er who played with

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in the

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(VFL).

Career

Clark was a ruckman, recruited to Richmond from Notting Hill. He made 27 league appearances for Richmond, 12 in

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, 11 in

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and four in

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. Following his career at Richmond, Clark played for Springvale in the

Victorian Football Association 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 ...

, later the Victorian Football League. He made an immediate impression at Springvale in 1989, with a best and fairest and fourth placing in the J. J. Liston Trophy. In the 1992 VFA season he finished equal second behind Joe Rugolo in the Liston Trophy, then in 1993 was equal third. He was a member of Springvale's 1995 premiership team, in the final season of VFA football and would be involved in three further premierships. By the time he retired, his 203 games for Springvale was a club record.

Honours

The Casey Scorpions, as Springvale are now known, named their

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award the ''Gardner Clark Medal'', after Clark and 1960s player Ian Gardner.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Simon 1967 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Richmond Football Club players Casey Demons players Living people