Simon Clark (born 16 February 1967) is a former

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 with

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in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(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 competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

, 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 The J. J. Liston Trophy is awarded annually to the best and fairest senior player in the Victorian Football League (VFL), which was formerly known as the Victorian Football Association (VFA). It is named after J. J. Liston, J.J. Liston, a busine ...

. In the

1992 VFA season The 1992 VFA season was the 111th season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. The premiership was won by the Sandringham Football Club, after it defeated Willia ...

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

best and fairest In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...

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

References

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