Clement Gordon Lyle Dayman (30 December 1892 – 24 July 1967) 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 Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played for the

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and

Port Adelaide Football Club Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior men's team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where it is nicknamed the ...

North Adelaide (1915 – 1919)

Dayman first played in the opening round of 1915 for

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against Norwood at the Norwood Oval. He went on to play a further three games for the season in between playing for North Adelaide's B side. He enlisted to fight with the A.I.F. on 9 August 1915. Suffering from shell shock he returned to Australia on 8 August 1918, and was medically discharged. He rejoined North Adelaide at the start of the 1919 season. He went on to play 16 out of a possible 20 games in 1919, and was rewarded with his efforts with the C.H Nitschke Medal for the Most Consistent and Brilliant Player of the season. He also topped the club's goal kicking for the year with 18 goals. The 1919 Challenge Final was to be Dayman's last game in red and white. He also represented the State against Victoria on 5 July on the Adelaide Oval, kicking 2 goals.

Port Adelaide (1921 – 1925)

He applied for a clearance to Port Adelaide, and stood out of league football for the 1920 season waiting for the clearance. He played for Semaphore Central in the Amateurs during 1920. Dayman won a premiership in 1921. In 1923 Clem Dayman captain-coached Port Adelaide.

Personal life

He was the brother of Les Dayman and was also the great-uncle of Glenelg and Adelaide Crows captain Chris McDermott.

References

1892 births 1967 deaths Australian rules footballers from Adelaide Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) North Adelaide Football Club players Australian military personnel of World War I Military personnel from South Australia {{AFL-bio-1892-stub