Ansell Clarke

Ansell Clarke
Personal information
Date of birth	12 August 1907
Place of birth	Outtrim, Victoria
Date of death	15 October 2002(2002-10-15) (aged 95)
Place of death	Melbourne, Victoria
Debut	Round 7, 1929, Carlton v. North Melbourne, at Princes Park
Height/Weight	173cm, 76 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1929-1937 1938-1940 Total -	Carlton St Kilda	144 (242) 026 0(47) 170 (289)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1938-1940	St Kilda	55 (28-27-0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1940 season.

Edward Augustus "Ansell" Clarke (12 August 1907 – 15 October 2002^[1]) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.

Clarke made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7 of the 1929 season. He retired at the end of the 1937 season.

He was the senior coach at the St Kilda Football Club from 1938 to 1940 with 28 wins from 55 matches.

References

Preceded by Dan Minogue	St Kilda Football Club coach 1938-40	Succeeded by Bill Patterson

Coaches of the St Kilda Football Club

1906: Hall 1908: Grace 1909: J. Smith 1911: Drohan 1913: Sparrow 1914: McNamara 1915; 1918:* J. Smith 1919: Eicke 1920: Sparrow 1920–1921: Ricketts 1922–1923: McNamara 1924: Eicke 1925–1926: Clark 1927: Heinz 1928–1929: Sparrow 1930: Cubbins 1931–1932: Hardy 1932: King 1933: Deane 1934: C. Watson 1935–1937: Minogue 1938–1940: Clarke 1938: B. Patterson 1941: Knight 1942–1943: Garvin 1944–1945: H. Thomas 1946–1947: Hird 1948–1950: Froude 1951: Green 1952–1953: Williamson 1954–1955: Foote 1956–1958: Killigrew 1959–1960: Francis 1961–1976: Jeans 1972; 1974: Guy 1977: R. Smith 1978–1980: M. Patterson 1980–1982: Jesaulenko 1983–1984: Jewell 1984–1986: Gellie 1987–1989: Baldock 1987: Davis 1990–1993: Sheldon 1994–1998: Alves 1999–2000: T. Watson 2001: Blight 2001–2006: G. Thomas 2007–2011: Lyon 2012–2013: Watters 2014–: Richardson

St Kilda did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach