Clyde Helmer

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Clyde Helmer
Personal information
Date of birth22 April 1916
Date of death24 April 1945
Place of deathNew Guinea
Original teamMooroopna
Debut1937, Geelong
Height/Weight184 cm / 80 kg
Playing career1

Geelong (1937–41)

  • 71 games, 137 goals

Melbourne (1942)

  • 2 games, 3 goals
Total – 73 Games, 140 Goals
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1942 season.

Clyde Helmer (22 April 1916 – 24 April 1945) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong and Melbourne in the VFL.

A forward, Helmer could torpedo punt on either foot and in 1938, just his second league season, topped Geelong's goalkicking with 74 goals. In a game that year against Fitzroy he kicked a career best eight goals. He crossed to Melbourne in 1942 but could only manage two games.

During World War II Helmer was a Temporary Warrant Officer in the Australian Army and lost his life in New Guinea after a bomb he was trying to defuse exploded.

See also

  • List of Victorian Football League players who died in active service

References

  • Clyde Helmer's statistics from AFL Tables
  • Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.


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