Clive Waterhouse (born 23 June 1974 in

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) is a former

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er. He played in the

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(AFL) for the

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as a half-forward flanker.

Early life

Waterhouse was born in England to a bricklayer and moved to South Australia with his aunt and her three children, followed later by his father. Despite being a late starter to Australian Rules, having mainly played

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until the age of 17, Waterhouse played junior Australian Rules for the Para Hills Football Club where he won the best and fairest in an undefeated team. He was invited to play Under 19s with powerhouse club Port Adelaide and after an outstanding season for

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in the

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(SANFL), including being a member of the 1995 premiership team, became the number 1 pick in the 1995 AFL Draft.

Fremantle

Waterhouse made his AFL debut in round 3,

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, against the reigning premiers Carlton. Despite Carlton being on an 18-game winning streak, Fremantle won by 53 points. Waterhouse was quiet, with only two kicks, but did manage a goal. He vacillated between the Dockers and

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for the remainder of the year, finishing with 11 AFL games for nine goals, though he did kick nine goals against South Fremantle in the twelfth WAFL round.

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and

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

were inconsistent seasons for Waterhouse, and he was dropped from the team and injured numerous times. Despite only playing 16 games in 1998, Waterhouse was Fremantle's leading goalkicker, with 30 goals.

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saw the recruiting of

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star full-forward

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to Fremantle. Modra and Waterhouse would make a dangerous pairing for the following two seasons, combining for over 100 goals each year. Waterhouse played all bar one game and finished third in the

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award in those two seasons before injuries took their toll from

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onwards. He also represented Australia in the

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series against Ireland in 1999. Round 21, 2000, would be Waterhouse's greatest on-field moment. In the infamous

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against the

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, Waterhouse sparked a last-half comeback from being 42 points behind, six minutes into the third quarter. His career-high seven goals earned him three

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votes and helped Fremantle to their greatest-ever comeback to win by 1 point.

Injuries and career decline

A broken

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sustained during a pre-season game against Geelong at

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would delay his start to the 2001 season until round 3 and repeated

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strains would restrict him to only six games and ten goals for the season.

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was even worse, with an

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injury also occurring during a preseason game at Fremantle Oval ruling him out for the entire season. Waterhouse made his return to AFL football in round 4,

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, but he couldn't recapture his form from 1999 or 2000 and was dropped after kicking only seven goals from eight games. Having played 99 games to this point, and with Fremantle going on to make the finals for the first time, many thought that Clive would be marooned one game short of the century. However, Waterhouse was named to play in the first game of

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

to reach the milestone. He played a further six games in 2004 for seven goals before being delisted at the end of the season.

Post-AFL career

Waterhouse then returned to Adelaide in 2005, where he continued to play football, rejoining in the SANFL and becoming the team's leading goalscorer for 2005 with 71 goals. In 2007, Waterhouse again injured his

while playing in the SANFL. Wearing Guernsey number 26 from throughout his AFL career, he was the first player to score 100 goals for Fremantle. He retired with 178 goals, a club record until

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surpassed this in

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Waterhouse, Clive 1974 births Living people Fremantle Football Club players Port Adelaide Magpies players Claremont Football Club players Swan Districts Football Club players VFL/AFL players born in England Australian people of English descent Australian rules footballers from South Australia Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Australia international rules football team players